Political Quotes

“The alleged protection that the Senator from Mississippi seeks to impose for defense spending here applies only to the incremental cut, the Grassley-Exon cut, and that is all. I know this is somewhat confusing, but as I read this thing--and clearly, as the Senator from Georgia perceives it--there is no protection for the remaining portion of discretionary spending. In short, given the fungibility of money, this amendment does not protect military spending at all, as far as this Senator is concerned, and I think my views are well known on that. I would like to see military spending take its chances just with all of the other discretionary spending. But if it is the intent of the Senator from Mississippi to fence off and wall off military spending and protect it, this amendment simply does not do it. All it does is simply wall off that portion of the Grassley-Exon cut as you take this out of Defense. All the rest of this big pool of money is there, and the appropriators can do as they wish with it.”