Tom Coburn: “The reduction is in overhead expense; it is not in labor. The definition the Senator is using is an across-the-board…”

“The reduction is in overhead expense; it is not in labor. The definition the Senator is using is an across-the-board cut. That is not in this amendment at all. Does the chairman realize that the 5-percent reduction is in overhead--not direct labor, not actual employees, but the management costs to run the different agencies?”