On the recordJune 6, 2002
I want a bill that will be signed by the President, but my problem is this: After the disasters of September 11, the President requested funds from the Congress, and he requested $10 billion--no hearings, no strings attached, just $10 billion, no accounting whatsoever to the Congress. We granted that. He then also wanted another $10 billion, and this time we said we would like to know how he was going to spend it, so we agreed that we would get an accounting for those monies after they were spent, which is entirely contrary to existing law and our procedures.
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