Dick Lugar: “I will not argue with the Senator's arithmetic. I suggest there is even a worse predicament; namely, as the Senator has…”

“I will not argue with the Senator's arithmetic. I suggest there is even a worse predicament; namely, as the Senator has pointed out, a marriage penalty, and the drug program. Other things have been added in since we started the argument. My thought--this was at least in the working with the health community--was to try to stake out the farmers' claims before various other claims of the health community and various others that might come along. Clearly, the amounts of money in the amendment of the Senator from Kentucky in this bill will have to be expanded. And in conference they surely will be expanded. It appeared to me to stake out the farmers' interest in this way was prudent. The amendment has not been offered. The Senator has an amendment on the floor to strike my section which is the pending business. So we may never come to that point.”