Mike Conaway: “I would like to recognize the fact that this brand-spanking-new program that never had any funding is authorized in the…”

“I would like to recognize the fact that this brand-spanking-new program that never had any funding is authorized in the bill for discretionary spending to create the scholarship program that has just been referenced. There was no money taken out of the bill, because there was never any money in the program. We simply recognized the need and we set that program up in place as a direct result of the gentleman's passionate plea for a scholarship program. Mr. Chair, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Iowa (Mr. King).”