Arlen Specter: “I have relied principally on the substantive arguments that this amendment simply takes too much away from Peter to pay…”

“I have relied principally on the substantive arguments that this amendment simply takes too much away from Peter to pay Paul, and that the resolution is going to have to come with the subcommittee bill and with the reallocation of funds. I think there will be more funds, Mr. President. There have been signals given that there will be an additional $5 billion on a number of programs, which will have to be shared with the Environmental Protection Agency and the Veterans Administration. But I expect a significant amount of money to be added as a result of the negotiations to the subcommittee which has jurisdiction over education.”