Marty Walsh: “Just briefly, we have added within this budget, we have plussed up an additional $30 million for general operating…”

“Just briefly, we have added within this budget, we have plussed up an additional $30 million for general operating expenses. Clearly what the gentleman is requesting is only one-fifth of that amount. So those funds are available at the Secretary's discretion to hire these people. Let us not forget that we have added an additional $1.7 billion to this part of the budget, the largest increase ever. I hope that they can spend it all next year, but I have my doubts that they can spend all this money next year.”