Kent Conrad: “I will go on, if I can, when we look at the level of detail that has been provided by President Bush versus President…”

“I will go on, if I can, when we look at the level of detail that has been provided by President Bush versus President Clinton, there is a very stark and glaring set of differences. For example, the Clinton document had tables that provided year-by-year budget numbers for 68 specific proposals to reduce discretionary spending. The tables also included the year-by-year numbers for 90 specific proposals to cut mandatory spending. The budget also provided year-by-year detail for proposed increases in spending. The Bush budget does not provide any year-by-year numbers for specific proposed changes in discretionary spending; is that not the case?”