Political Quotes

“I wish to offer for the Record the Budget Committee's official scoring of H.R. 2112, the Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2012, as reported. The bill, as considered by the Senate, includes the text of two other committee-reported appropriations bills: S. 1572, the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2012; and S. 1596, the Departments of Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2012. The bill is divided into three divisions, each representing the reported legislative text from a subcommittee. Each division, therefore, will be considered separately for budget enforcement purposes. Division A of the bill--Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and related agencies appropriations--provides $1.8 billion in security discretionary budget authority and $18.3 billion in nonsecurity discretionary budget authority for fiscal year 2012, which will result in new outlays of $14.7 billion. When outlays from prior- year budget authority are taken into account, discretionary outlays for division A will total $23 billion.…”