James T. Callahan: “this bill reduces the President's request by $1 billion. I know there are some in this House and in the administration…”

“this bill reduces the President's request by $1 billion. I know there are some in this House and in the administration who would like to have more money, but we are having to sacrifice in every area of government and I do not think requesting another $1 billion cut from the President's request is unreasonable at all. The gentleman from Texas, Congressman Wilson, is right; if every subcommittee on appropriations was reducing in real dollars the amount of money and the percentage of moneys we are reducing in this bill and the bill last year, then we would be much more advanced toward a balanced budget. This is the lowest foreign operation bill in more than 15 years. I know there will be some who come and try to amend this bill upward, trying to give the administration more dollars, and I am going to strenuously object to any effort to increase the amount of this appropriation bill, which, incidentally, is now less than 1 percent of our overall budget.”