On the recordJuly 23, 2024
This actually does reduce the spending. This is actually an amendment that does reduce spending. As far as the FRA is concerned, my goodness, just saying it meets FRA, well, FRA spends more than last year. Every year we spend more than the year before. We never see a year where we actually cut any spending. Maybe this is a small account. Mr. Chair, $6 million is pretty small in the face of trillions of dollars and billions of dollars, I agree. We have got to start somewhere. Again, the FY18, FY19, FY20, and FY21 budgets all sought to eliminate funding for the Delta Regional Commission, eliminate it. Not me. That is what the budget wanted to do then. I am saying in 2024, let's just reduce it to FY19 and try to live within our means, just like my bosses and your bosses and our bosses have to do at home. They don't get more money every single year regardless of what happens. Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
