On the recordMarch 25, 2015
we are engaged in an annual ritual on the floor of the Senate--the budget resolution. The budget resolution comes to the floor, and Senator Enzi of Wyoming and Senator Sanders of Vermont lead the effort to debate the budget resolution. This is not a law because it is never sent to the President. It is something passed by the House and the Senate that kind of says: The President told us we couldn't spend anything more than X; we will tell you how we would spend it. It always is different from what the President suggested. So we get into a debate about how we are going to spend our Federal budget. That is what a budget resolution is all about, and we have to make choices--just as families make choices when it comes to things they buy for their families and for their homes. So I will talk about an amendment I am going to offer which gives us a choice. First, today on Capitol Hill we have visitors walking the corridors wearing purple sashes. If we look closely, written on those sashes it says Alzheimer's Association. It is not unusual for us to get visits from people who are interested in medical issues--cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer's. The list goes on. They come here basically with very fundamental requests: Can you find more research dollars to help us find a cure? Can you provide support to the families who are facing this disease? I have faced that so many times as a Congressman and as a Senator.…
