Tom Cole actually said...

You simply cannot balance our national budget by chipping away at 8 percent of total spending.

Cole argues against balancing the budget through cuts to discretionary spending.

03/12/2019

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But I will also remind you that, as one of my colleagues referred, these are treaty obligations. They are not generous grants.

I am glad you talked to him about this, because I think, ultimately, that is the big crisis we are going to face.

a $300 million cut really is not defensible or acceptable.

we have not been able to get anywhere near where we would like to be.