Lloyd Bentsen: “What is so different about preparing a regulatory budget from preparing a fiscal budget?”

Senator, I served with Jack Kennedy. I knew Jack Kennedy. Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine. Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy.

Mr. Chairman, I rise in qualified support of H.R. 2311, the FY 2002 Energy and Water Appropriations bill. I recognize the incredibly difficult circumstances Chairman Sonny Callahan, Ranking Member Peter Visclosky have endured in crafting…

If there's a vote on this, Bob, I'm sure I can count on your vote.

In fact, that is true. We now are projected to pay three times the amount of interest over the next 10 years, almost $2 trillion, as opposed to a little more than half a trillion dollars that we were looking at last May of 2001. This is $2…