On the recordJuly 27, 2010
As I said earlier, I support this legislation. It is a small step for fiscal conservatism. I think it is very unfortunate, though, that this debate comes right on the heels of the debate about the war supplemental, a more than $55 billion bill on top of the hundreds of billions we've already spent for the war in Afghanistan. A columnist in today's Washington's Post said, We are wading deeper into a long running, morally ambiguous conflict that has virtually no chance of ending well. I think it's very sad that we're talking about spending mega-billions more on a war that has continued for over 9 years at this point and is not worth one more American life. But I commend the gentlewoman from Colorado for bringing this legislation to the floor. As I said earlier, it's unfortunate that in the way we do the Federal accounting this will not reduce the deficit, but it is a step in the right direction, and we need to go further and actually cut total Federal spending by the $713 million that procedurally we are saving here in this bill. I yield back the balance of my time.
