On the recordFebruary 7, 1994
I had earlier told my friend and colleague from Illinois that when we were negotiating caps what the level would be. The figure that I had in my original amendment was CBO projections, which was just $300 million adjusted for inflation. The modification that I have sent to the desk inserts the President's figures which he has in his budget for each of the next 5 years. The total in my original amendment was, over the 5 years, $1.589 billion. The figure that was in the President's budget for the 5 years is $1.650 billion, or a difference of about $61 million over the 5 years. I thought I might as well put in the President's figures because it was my guess that the Senator from Illinois or someone else would use the President's figures. I thought maybe this would save some time and hopefully would increase the likelihood that the amendment would be accepted.
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