John Ensign: “First of all, I wonder if the Senator from Maine would be willing to answer a question on my time. She says that this is…”

“First of all, I wonder if the Senator from Maine would be willing to answer a question on my time. She says that this is offset. We have already had this argument, and we lost it. But it would be curious to get an answer to a question I have. You say that it is not going to increase the deficit at all because a billion dollars is taken out of next year's funding. I wonder if the Senator from Maine would be willing to agree not to come back and try to refill that money next year? In other words, there is $1 billion taken out next year and she is saying it is deficit neutral. Would the Senator be willing to commit to not going after more money next year?”