Jim Matheson: “This amendment would cut funding in the CR, other than the Department of Defense and the U.S. Postal Service, other than…”

“This amendment would cut funding in the CR, other than the Department of Defense and the U.S. Postal Service, other than those two, by $280 million. Now, $280 million is the amount of money that would be saved if Federal civilian agencies, except DOD and the Postal Service, were to reduce their vehicle fleet budgets by 20 percent. If adopted, it is my intention that these Federal agencies determine where to cut their portion of the $280 million in cuts specifically towards finding savings in their vehicle fleet budgets. This is a bipartisan idea supported by the chairs of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform. I encourage my colleagues to support this amendment.”