Marsha Blackburn: “I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At…”

“I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. (a) Each amount made available by this Act is hereby reduced by 1 percent. (b) The reduction in subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to the following accounts and programs: (1) Payment of Government losses in shipment under ``Department of the Treasury--Bureau of the Fiscal Service''. (2) ``Supreme Court of the United States--Salaries and Expenses''. (3) ``United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit--Salaries and Expenses''. (4) ``United States Court of International Trade--Salaries and Expenses''. (5) ``Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services--Salaries and Expenses''. (6) Payment to judiciary trust funds for Judiciary Retirement Funds under section 624. (7) Payments to the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund for the Office of Personnel Management under section 624. Mrs. BLACKBURN (during the reading). Mr. Chair, I ask unanimous consent to waive the reading. The Acting CHAIR. Is there objection to the request of the gentlewoman from Tennessee? There was no objection. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 661, the gentlewoman from Tennessee and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes. The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Tennessee.”