Don Nickles: “Yesterday Senator Gramm had an amendment that said let's fund the 1998 emergencies and we will call it an emergency; we…”

“Yesterday Senator Gramm had an amendment that said let's fund the 1998 emergencies and we will call it an emergency; we don't have to have an offset. That was the underlying bill. The underlying bill had money for defense, money for Iraq, money for Bosnia, money for the so-called emergencies--weather-related emergencies. I thought he had a good amendment. I did not speak out on the floor, and I wish I had. That was on the underlying bill, which is about $3.3 billion. Now we are looking at an amendment to expand that bill by an additional $1.6 billion. I ask the Senator from Missouri, is that correct--$1.6 billion for FEMA?”