James T. Callahan: “I certainly sympathize with the appropriators, and I sympathize with the authorizers as well. We are always faced as to…”

“I certainly sympathize with the appropriators, and I sympathize with the authorizers as well. We are always faced as to whether or not we are going to be able to come along with a rider, whether or not this time it is okay, or this time it is not okay. But in this particular case I think the House's will is not being taken into consideration. When we passed the CARA legislation through the House with 315 votes, I think that is a pretty good expression of what this House of Representatives wants us to do. When the chairmen of the authorizing committees come to the chairmen of the appropriation committees and say we want you to put this rider on here, then we are faced with a different situation. I am going to vote for the rule today, but I disagree with the fact that we are not given the opportunity to bring forth the will of the House somewhere during this process. I think that those of us that are interested in CARA have been shortchanged.”