Tom Coburn: “is it not true that in the report language coming out of the committee of the gentlewoman from Maryland [Mrs. Morella]…”

“is it not true that in the report language coming out of the committee of the gentlewoman from Maryland [Mrs. Morella] that, in fact, what was said was ``In an era of scarce Federal research and development dollars, funding ATP is simply a low priority''? That's No. 1. No. 2, what was also said is that ``ATP can function for 2 years without receiving 1 additional dollar from the Federal Government.'' So why do we not just take this year and not fund the $74 million and give it to juvenile justice? It is not going to have an impact in terms of funding because the money is not in the pipeline. Why not do that?”