Dick Lugar: “I thank the cosponsors of this amendment: Senators Biden, Feinstein, DeWine, Hagel, Chafee, Smith, Jeffords, and…”

“I thank the cosponsors of this amendment: Senators Biden, Feinstein, DeWine, Hagel, Chafee, Smith, Jeffords, and Kennedy. My amendment would increase the foreign affairs account by $1.15 billion, using section 920 of the budget as an offset. This would restore foreign affairs spending to the amount requested by President Bush. We are engaged in a worldwide war against terrorism and a regional war against Iraq. We should grant the Commander in Chief's funding requests for the accounts that pay for our diplomats' assistance to key allies, food aid, nonproliferation efforts, public diplomacy, and other tools that will contribute to victory now and a better world later. I ask the Senate to join me in restoring the funds the President has requested.”