David Thomas said "The amendment will bring transparency and discipline, but not order, to this budget process. The budget resolution is supposed to provide a blueprint for Government spending and allocate dollars for appropriators to spend in particular areas. However, this budget goes away from that responsibility in a number of areas and fails to even set up a cap for overall spending. It does so by including a number of unlimited reserve funds that amount to no more than a blank check signed by the American taxpayer. There is no end to what can be spent. My amendment would strike these reserve funds from the budget. We owe it to the American people to give them a budget that means something, that let's them know up front how much we are spending and how we are going to pay for it. I urge my colleagues to support this amendment. Mr. President, I yield back the remainder of my time." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordMarch 22, 2007

The amendment will bring transparency and discipline, but not order, to this budget process. The budget resolution is supposed to provide a blueprint for Government spending and allocate dollars for appropriators to spend in particular areas. However, this budget goes away from that responsibility in a number of areas and fails to even set up a cap for overall spending. It does so by including a number of unlimited reserve funds that amount to no more than a blank check signed by the American taxpayer. There is no end to what can be spent. My amendment would strike these reserve funds from the budget. We owe it to the American people to give them a budget that means something, that let's them know up front how much we are spending and how we are going to pay for it. I urge my colleagues to support this amendment. Mr. President, I yield back the remainder of my time.

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David Thomas

New York

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govinfo.gov

Editor's note · Context

Discussing an amendment to improve transparency in the budget process.

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