Arlen Specter: “When Senator Harkin and I have taken the principal lead in crafting this bill, 300 programs, making allocations as we…”

“When Senator Harkin and I have taken the principal lead in crafting this bill, 300 programs, making allocations as we have, after a lot of hard staff work and a lot of hard thinking, the Senator from California says if we had added $400 million, she would not have offered this amendment. What is the reason, what is the rationale, for $400 million extra being sufficient? The Senator from California says there are these children waiting. But even after the $400 million would be added, had we done so, would there not be other children waiting? And wouldn't the nature of the add-on process have led to more? Essentially, my question is, to focus it specifically, what are the facts that say $400 million will be sufficient to solve the problem----”