Haley Stevens: “I join the chairman of the Appropriations Committee in presenting this bill, S. 1077, to the Senate today. It provides…”

“I join the chairman of the Appropriations Committee in presenting this bill, S. 1077, to the Senate today. It provides necessary supplemental funds for the remainder of fiscal year 2001. Let me start off by thanking Senator Byrd for his kind comments. It is a pleasure, once more, to present a supplemental bill to the Senate together with my great friend from West Virginia. He is chairman now. I was chairman last year. I can tell the Senate, it makes no difference as far as we are concerned. We work together. We may have slight disagreements from time to time, but we work those out before coming to this Chamber. I commend him for the way he is now proceeding--as rapidly as possible--to catch up on the schedule of the appropriations bills so we may do our best to complete them all by the end of this fiscal year. As stated by Senator Byrd, this bill, as reported by our committee, conforms to the budget resources available for this year in both budget authority and outlays. The bill also matches the total request submitted by President Bush of $6.5 billion. The bill does not present any emergency appropriations. All spending is within the budget caps set by Congress and within the President's request.”