On the recordJuly 25, 2003
Supplemental appropriation bills are too often used to fund expenses that can, on average, be predicted. They allow politicians to keep the annual appropriation budgets at a level that is less objectionable to fiscal conservatives. In effect it is a hoodwinking of taxpayers who think that Congress sticks to its budget. In my eleven years in this House we never have supplemental appropriation bills increase deficit spending and total debt of the government. A reasonable average of past supplementals should be included in annual budgets as a reserve fund that can be used for emergency or unexpected necessary spending. To do otherwise is not good spending policy.
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