Haley Stevens: “the chairman has presented a program which is a program for the future, without any question one that reflects a…”

“the chairman has presented a program which is a program for the future, without any question one that reflects a substantial number of meetings that I have had with the chairman, and others, over a period of time since September 11. We have, however, a position taken by the President of the United States that he believed we had an agreement not to exceed the $40 billion that we previously approved for supplemental money for 2002 to cover the expenditures required to initiate the recovery from the disastrous attacks in our country on September 11 of this year. I do, however, address the problem presented with the President's position of not wanting additional money at this time beyond the $40 billion that he previously agreed to when he signed the supplemental we previously passed this year. To achieve that goal, I now call up amendment 2243.”