On the recordMarch 14, 1995
Well, I can tell you this, that the defense bill was totally off the board. No cuts came in the defense program. Not a single item was cut from defense. That was just untouchable. And so I can tell you that, and the other thing I think everybody needs to understand is that the President's request in terms of disaster relief was in the amount of $6.7 billion. The subcommittee on which I serve actually cut it down to $5.3 billion. The difference between $5.3 and the $17.3 billion, which is substantial, somewhere in the neighborhood of $11 billion, we have to ask ourselves, what are these cuts for, since the total amount of the rescission package is $5.3 billion. So the difference between $5.3 and $17.3 then is what the Republicans call a savings. Of course, the savings we all know obviously is going to go for the tax cut for the rich, so the Republicans, as usual, are robbing from the poor to give to the rich.
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