On the recordJune 12, 2019
There are a lot of wonderful things we can do, but here is the problem: Since the last vote series, we have actually cut management by $22 million, and now we expect them to do more. This is wanting to have your cake and eat it too. Literally, this amendment causes the administration to have to spend more. Look, that could be a priority, but, if we pass all the amendments that we have considered since 1 p.m.--1 a.m.--I am sorry--East Coast time when we had the last vote series, we have cut the Secretary's ability by $22 million to do these things. So you have got to choose: Do you want this, or do you want to cut the Secretary's budget? This is what priorities are all about. So, no matter how useful this could be, Madam Chair, I would urge my colleagues, if we pass the amendments that cut tens of millions of dollars from management, then we can't accomplish this. Madam Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
