I will grant him that. If we talk about the measurement of these cuts against the discretionary spending items over the next 5 years, it represents a 1-percent cut over 5 years. That is minuscule. Madam Speaker, to say this is Draconian does not pass the commonsense test.
Responding to objections about proposed cuts to discretionary spending.
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