Political Quotes

“I rise in support of the amendment. The amendment would strike the $2.5 billion increase in defense spending contained in the budget resolution. By implication, the amendment also rejects the proposed $6.4 billion increase in the substitute. I support the amendment, Mr. Chairman, because I believe it is more important to fund certain, key domestic programs than it is to escalate the production of weapons. When the Congressional Budget Office scored the President's fiscal year 1995 budget proposal, it found $3.1 billion in overspending. The major part of this overspending was due to an unexpected, proposed increase in defense spending. Faced with this overspending, the budget committee sought to preserve the increases in defense spending, while finding reductions in domestic spending to meet the spending caps. In my view, however, it is more important to fund drug free schools and communities than it is to fund nuclear weapons testing. In this budget, we spend almost twice as much on nuclear weapons testing than on drug free schools.”