Olympia Snowe: “The Senate version reinforces the President's budget blueprint for advance appropriations as a full funding mechanism…”

“The Senate version reinforces the President's budget blueprint for advance appropriations as a full funding mechanism that can be used by various departments, such as the Department of Energy, the Department of Transportation, and the Department of Defense, and agencies, such as NASA, to level fund capital projects. Without this valuable tool, the ability of Congress to budget the federal government's capital investment projects will be severely restricted. I most strongly concur with my esteemed colleagues that the Senate version must be sustained in conference.”