Kent Conrad: “It does not. We have this supplemental, as the Senator knows, that is…”

On the recordApril 28, 2005

It does not. We have this supplemental, as the Senator knows, that is going through the process. We passed it in the Senate. It is in conference committee now. It is $82 billion. Much of it will be spent this year; some of it will slop over to next year. This is what the Congressional Budget Office says should be in any realistic budget--not $82 billion, but $380 billion, and it is this gap which is part of the unrealistic nature of the budget that is before us and the budget the President sent us.

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