John Cornyn: “I will say a few words about this budget resolution because it is an important document. As in any budget, we identified…”

“I will say a few words about this budget resolution because it is an important document. As in any budget, we identified what our Nation's priorities are, and we have done the tough job that all budget writers have to do, whether it is the Senate, a small business, or a family, in trying to figure out how to live within our means, how do we make sure we are good stewards of the taxpayers' money. I commend the chairman of the Budget Committee, the Senator from Oklahoma and the ranking member, the Senator from South Dakota, for conducting a very important debate about our Nation's priorities and how they are reflected in this budget and the civility with which that debate has taken place in the Budget Committee and in the Senate. There is no higher priority in the Federal Government than our national security. Indeed, this budget does fund an increase in national security; it, likewise, funds an increase in homeland security funding--two items which would strike me as no-brainers in a post- September 11 world. Particularly when it comes to military spending with our troops in the field and with the Nation being at war, we have to keep our commitments to those troops in the field that we will give them the resources they need in order to get the job done.”