Kay Bailey Hutchison: “This is exactly what responsible budgeting is. We have made a decision in the committee that as a priority we should be…”

“This is exactly what responsible budgeting is. We have made a decision in the committee that as a priority we should be looking at the science projects that are going to create the new technologies that keep the new jobs in America. Mr. President, HUD is in a state of flux. We have been spending $86,000 per housing unit to construct housing under HUD. Once constructed, it costs $4,000 to $5,000 per year to maintain. There are great questions if that is the best use of taxpayer dollars. I think it is most responsible to take money from housing construction when we think we are going to go into vouchers, which are going to work better, and we put that money into big science which creates jobs for the future. Mr. President, that is what we are doing. We should table the Bumpers amendment and do what is responsible for the future of our country.”