J. Exon: “when I introduced the President's budget this morning, I indicated that there were several features of the President's…”

“when I introduced the President's budget this morning, I indicated that there were several features of the President's budget that I wish to change and would attempt to make changes in. One of those certainly was the fact that the Veterans Affairs allocation under the President's budget was not one that those of us on this side of the aisle were satisfied with. So I thank the Senator from Missouri, who has brought up this matter. We recall during the deliberations of the Budget Committee that it was something we wished to correct also. We may have some differences of opinion on where the money should come from to do the correction. But I simply say that I think we all agree that a correction has to be made. This is one of the things I had in mind--without spelling them out-- when I said I am for the President's budget, with some changes. This is one of them. I want to say that I am offering an amendment that will precede the vote on the amendment of the Senator from Missouri, along the same lines. I am taking the money from a different source. Regardless of where the money comes from, it is something that will probably have 100 votes for to make a correction in this particular area.”