J. Exon: “I would simply say that I would think that the bill that we would come back with probably would raise the budget…”

“I would simply say that I would think that the bill that we would come back with probably would raise the budget deficit, which I believe the Senator from Virginia would not like to see. I would like to try to establish once again the myth, as I see it, of the scare tactics that have been rampant in this body from the very highly placed people in this body that have spread these scare tactics with regard to the defense cuts beyond all reasonable proportions. In a meeting that I attended with a group of Members of the Senate, I referred to these scare tactics as best I could explain them. And with regard to the very humorous 1-minute skit that was provided by the President and the First Lady to the Gridiron show last week with regard to the scare tactics that they claim the insurance industry were using, they ended up their commentary with the statement, 'There has got to be a better way.' Then on the screen it showed a picture that said, 'Paid for by the Committee to Scare Your Pants Off.' I am afraid that there are some Members of this body who, like myself, believe we should not cut the defense budget further.”