Haley Stevens: “The committee has already cut $85 million from travel funds for the Department. This would say that for programs related…”

“The committee has already cut $85 million from travel funds for the Department. This would say that for programs related to staff and travel costs and conference programs or other conference matters, the total amount available to the whole Department--over a million people in over 120 countries in the world--will be limited to $70 million. We are unable to run the Department at $70 million a year. So I proposed and made a motion to table the amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion. The yeas and nays have been ordered. The clerk will call the roll. The assistant legislative clerk called the roll. Mr. McCONNELL. The following Senator was necessarily absent: the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Bunning). Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Bunning) would have voted ``no.''”