Henry Bonilla: “historically when Members target projects in this body, everybody understands the game. When you talk about tomatoes and…”

“historically when Members target projects in this body, everybody understands the game. When you talk about tomatoes and aquaculture and programs that have names that do not immediately jump out to people with a true purpose, the press releases go out, the media circles when you walk out of the House Chamber, and there you have your name in the paper as a great slayer of funding programs. But again, the hard work when you talk about fiscal conservatism as we have again last year cutting spending, trimming this bill down almost $100 million, cutting back on the Member requests, all of those things, that is the work that is done in the trenches day in and day out. So, again, we all realize in this body what makes a headline. So if you make fun of the tomato and you make fun of the research project that is in a particular State, more power to you. But I think for the most part we are going to find that the Members of this body understand that again there is not a single dime that is going to be cut out of this amendment. True reform comes from the kind of work in the trenches that I have been suggesting, entitlement reform, budget reform, those are the processes that really matter. Or again, in the end, amendments that actually make a difference in terms of spending or cutting the budget. Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.”