Chris Sununu: “I am not quite sure where to begin. First and foremost, it is interesting to sit in the Chamber today, to sit in the…”

“I am not quite sure where to begin. First and foremost, it is interesting to sit in the Chamber today, to sit in the Chamber today and hear so much happiness and joy over something that has been done in the other body. I do not think I have heard this much excitement about legislation in the other body since I have been a Member of Congress, though admittedly, that has been for only two terms. There has been a lot of discussion about education. Education is important. The chairman of our committee just talked about the instruction here to provide the maximum feasible amount for education. I am all for good and I am opposed to evil; and I think it is nice that we have a motion to recommit conferees that says, let us provide more money for good things. They did not actually write in 'less money for bad things,' but they might as well have. But the fact of the matter is, if we go through what we passed on the floor here, what came out of our Committee on the Budget, I think we do have a very strong budget resolution. That is one of the reasons, for anyone listening to this debate, that we see so many numbers being thrown around: $1 billion here, $1 trillion of this, $10 billion here, 5 percent, 18 percent. Because when we are not really able to argue about good policy reform and good legislation, we try to blind people with numbers.”