Political Quotes

“the amendment I offer with my colleague from Arkansas will ensure that funds appropriated to the Food Safety and Inspection Service for fiscal year 1996 are used to cover in-plant inspector salaries and benefits requirements before being obligated for other purposes. The reason for this amendment is simple. The Food Safety and Inspection Service has chosen to purchase computers over paying the salaries of inspectors who ensure the safety of our Nation's meat and poultry supply. Mr. President, this agency requested $594 million for fiscal year 1996, a 13-percent increase over the fiscal year 1995 appropriation. With a total allocation for discretionary spending below a freeze at fiscal year 1995 enacted levels, this subcommittee could not grant the requested increase. We appropriated $544 million to the agency. The President signed the fiscal year 1996 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Appropriations Act on October 21, 1995. Apparently, the Food Safety and Inspection Service did not alter its spending plans for the year to live within the amount appropriated to it.”