What I am talking, if the gentleman would yield further, what I am talking about is cutting developmental assistance alone, not talking about child survival. Leaving that account aside, I am talking about cutting the development aid down to what the administration requested, and, if the gentleman will look on page 13 of the bill itself, it shows that the fiscal year 1996 level, it shows the fiscal year 1997 request and the administration, and it shows the committee recommendation, and the committee recommendation is $144 million above what the President and the administration requested. And I am not talking about the child survival account. And what I am trying to do is cut the $144 million in excess of what the President wanted out of the bill.
Dan Burton: “What I am talking, if the gentleman would yield further, what I am talking about is cutting developmental assistance…”
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Discussing proposed cuts to developmental assistance in a bill.
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