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 soon be considering the conference report to accompany H.R. 2055, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012, as well as H.R. 3672, the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2012. I previously made adjustments pursuant to the Budget Control Act to the allocation to the Committee on Appropriations and to the spending aggregates for items contained in H.R. 2055 and H.R. 3672, including funding designated for overseas contingency operations, disaster relief, emergencies, and program integrity. I am now revising those prior adjustments to reflect the final amounts contained in the two pieces of legislation. When compared to my previous adjustments, the combined effect of H.R. 2055 and H.R. 3672 is to increase budget authority by $2.302 billion and lower outlays by $0.286 billion in 2012.…”