James T. Callahan: “Mr. Chairman, I am almost surprised at the fact that the gentleman brought this amendment to the House. In response to…”

“Mr. Chairman, I am almost surprised at the fact that the gentleman brought this amendment to the House. In response to his request and to the request of many of my colleagues, we have increased this fund from $12 million to $55 million, a fourfold increase in response to the recognition of the problem. While I know that they have serious concerns about tuberculosis; we all do. The very fact that we have quadrupled the aid in just 2 years is amazing to me that they still insist upon bringing an amendment to reconstruct our bill. We have constructed this bill to the best of our ability, providing as much as we can afford to provide to every need that has been presented to this committee. So I would respectfully request that the gentleman withdraw his amendment; and if he does that, I will agree to work in conference to conceivably get it increased if we receive a higher allocation. I offered him that, and yet he seems to reject that offer. So if he wants me to remove that offer, I will be happy to do it. But I would respectfully request that he withdraw his amendment.”