John Culberson: “The House budget that we adopted set a total spending limit of $967 billion in the 3 years that the Republicans have had…”

“The House budget that we adopted set a total spending limit of $967 billion in the 3 years that the Republicans have had the majority in the House and the leadership of Chairman Hal Rogers of Kentucky. For the first time since World War II, we have reduced annual spending from year to year, each year, under Chairman Rogers' leadership. It's also, I think, important for the country to know that one of the first and most important responsibilities of the chairman of the full committee is to take that total spending number that's given to us by Chairman Ryan's Budget Committee, that $967 billion--Chairman Rogers, one of his first responsibilities is to take that $967 billion and use his best judgment to allocate or divide that money among the subcommittees of the Appropriations Committee. And it's a real tribute to this good man's commitment, a demonstration of his commitment to our men and women in uniform, a vivid illustration of the bipartisan nature of this bill, that with the help of Ranking Member Lowey, that Chairman Rogers gave this subcommittee for military construction and VA allocation that enabled us to fully fund the request to the military and the Veterans Affairs.…”