Bruce F. Vento: “Mr. Speaker, I refer to the Congressional Budget Office cost estimate of this bill of March 25, 1994, which is addressed…”

“Mr. Speaker, I refer to the Congressional Budget Office cost estimate of this bill of March 25, 1994, which is addressed to the committee and my ranking minority member, so it is in the purview part of the committee report. It points out indeed the number of dollars authorized in appropriation estimated outlays is, as was stated, $6.5 million between 1995 and 1998, if indeed the money is appropriated by the Committee on Appropriations. Mr. Speaker, I want specifically to call my colleague's attention to that, because there is apparently a plan out that was proposed that stated some $28 million. But this is what is in the legislation. This is what the Congressional Budget Office has said would be the case. This is the case. So I want to underline that, because I think that when we have these differences of opinion on issues, they ought to be based on what the facts are, and not what is in some letter some place that came from some place.”