Jim Inhofe: “Some time ago, President Obama came out with his program where he said, during the State of the Union: I plan to freeze…”

“Some time ago, President Obama came out with his program where he said, during the State of the Union: I plan to freeze nondefense discretionary spending at 2010 levels. A lot of people applauded, believing that to be some type of a gesture that was a conservative gesture that would reduce spending when, in fact, it didn't because he was talking about the 2010 levels--that is after 1 year--and it has been increased by 20 percent. What he was saying is we are going to raise the nondefense discretionary spending by 20 percent and then freeze it. Rather than raise it by 20 percent and freeze it, the fiscally responsible thing to do is to go ahead and freeze it at the previous level.”