Haley Stevens: “Again, it is an estimate. I appeal to let us go to conference and work this out. I favor putting as much money as…”

“Again, it is an estimate. I appeal to let us go to conference and work this out. I favor putting as much money as possible into debt reduction, but there are some people who are going to have to have help in these disaster areas beyond the moneys we have already provided in the other systems. That argument will come to the Senate. I intend to support the concept of using a portion that we have earmarked, $250 million, and there is a move for that to become $1 billion. We are not spending the money. We are authorizing expenditures up to this amount. What is not expended for the programs goes to debt reduction. That is very important for the Senator to remember. If the Senator wishes to comment on my comments, I will yield. I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Nevada is recognized with 8 minutes 24 seconds remaining.”