Barney Frank: “I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is…”

“I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. The total amount of appropriations made available by this Act is hereby reduced by $8,500,000,000, not to be derived from amounts of appropriations made available-- (1) by title I (``Military Personnel''); (2) under the heading ``Defense Health Program'' in title VI (``Other Department of Defense Programs''); or (3) by title IX (``Overseas Contingency Operations''). The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.”