Tom Coburn: “Mr. Chairman, I assure Members that I will return that. I just wanted to make a statement. We have another…”

“Mr. Chairman, I assure Members that I will return that. I just wanted to make a statement. We have another appropriations bill on the floor, and I want to compliment the chairman, the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Regula), and the ranking member, the gentleman from Washington (Mr. Dicks). There are no games played in this bill. The American public is going to be able to see exactly what is in there. There is no sneaking in of advanced funding. There is no sneaking of emergency funding that comes right out of Medicare. This committee should be recognized for setting the example of what the agreement was when we finished the budget in this year. And I wanted to tell Members how much I appreciated it, and I know that there are several other Members in the House that appreciate it. And we would like to see more of it.”