On the recordNovember 1, 2011
I filed this motion to recommit H.R. 2112 with instructions to send this ``moneybus'' back to the Committee on Appropriations for one simple reason: it spends more for the same set of expenditures in fiscal year 2012 than it did in 2011 to the tune of about $10 billion. I understand there are reasons for this excess. I understand when we look at individual components of the 2012 provisions there may be some cuts in there. But the overall picture, the entire pie, is about $10 billion more than what we had in fiscal year 2011. Unless we can be open and transparent with the American people and acknowledge the fact that we are, in fact, spending more, I think this is a problem. We have to get the fiscal house in order, and this is how it is perpetuated, when we claim we are cutting when we are, in fact, spending more. That is the reason for this motion to recommit. I urge my colleagues to support it. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Hawaii.
