Steve Chabot: “Mr. Chairman, I would agree with the gentleman that many of these programs do matter. My argument is very simple.…”

“Mr. Chairman, I would agree with the gentleman that many of these programs do matter. My argument is very simple. Despite the fact they matter, they should be paid for with private dollars, basically through philanthropy, not through Federal tax dollars. If we are serious about balancing this budget, these are the types of programs that we are going to have to take a very close look at. The Federal Government just cannot afford to go on paying for these types of programs, however nice they might be. If we are going to balance the budget, these are the types of programs that we have to cut.”