Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I previously filed committee allocations and budgetary aggregates pursuant to section 106 of the Budget Control Act of 2011. Today, I am further adjusting some of those levels, specifically the allocation to the Committee on Appropriations for fiscal year 2012 and the budgetary aggregates for fiscal year 2012. Section 101 of the Budget Control Act allows for various adjustments to the statutory limits on discretionary spending, while section 106(d) allows the Chairman of the Budget Committee to make revisions to allocations, aggregates, and levels consistent with those adjustments. The Senate will be considering the conference report to H.R. 2112, the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act of 2012. That conference report includes funding designated for disaster relief. In total, the amount of such designations is lower than amounts passed by the Senate earlier this month. Consequently, I am lowering adjustments made previously to the allocation to the Committee on Appropriations and to the aggregates by a total of $847 million in budget authority and $79 million in outlays. I ask unanimous consent that the following tables detailing the changes to the allocation to the Committee on Appropriations and the budgetary aggregates be printed in the Record.…”