Jason Altmire: “I don’t view it as a zero sum, but I do view it as a changing of the narrative...”

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 127, line 5, after the dollar amount insert the following: ``(increased by $5,500,000)''. Page 128, line 11, after the…

We have no further speakers on our side. I yield back the balance of my time.

The passage of last summer's Budget Control Act sent a strong, bipartisan message to the country that we are serious about reducing our deficit.

We have no additional speakers, and I yield back the balance of my time.