Arlen Specter: “The problem is one of enormous seriousness, and it is very difficult to find the funding with what we have allocated on…”

“The problem is one of enormous seriousness, and it is very difficult to find the funding with what we have allocated on our discretionary spending. In a context where some $36 million is being added in the House bill and some $6 million has been allocated to San Francisco in the House bill--and I am very sympathetic to San Francisco's problem and I understand the distinguished Senator from California was mayor of San Francisco and it is within the district of the Speaker of the House, so I understand their interest there--what I am trying to evaluate is whether there is undue funding going because of the prominence of the advocates of the position by the Senator from California. I think I understand it now and I will weigh and consider it. I thank the Senator from California for yielding me the time.”