Let me explain in plain English what we are doing here. I have taken the money from star wars to fund the Byrne program. There is a little bit left over that goes to deficit reduction. Senator Gorton's amendment takes the money out of a furnishings account that is spread over all of the different functions to pay for the Byrne program. If my amendment wins, Senator Gorton wants to offer an amendment that would basically undo what my amendment did. It would take the money out of my amendment that was taken out of star wars, put all that money back into star wars and take the money out of the furnishings account to pay for the Byrne program.
Tom Harkin: “Let me explain in plain English what we are doing here. I have taken the money from star wars to fund the Byrne program.…”
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Discussing amendments related to funding for the Byrne program and the 'star wars' initiative.
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