On the recordApril 4, 2019
I would state to the esteemed chairman of the committee that we have proceeded without offsets for many, many years on many, many things, and that is one of the reasons why we are over $20 trillion in debt right now. This House must exercise fiscal restraint and bring its budget back into some semblance of order and exercise responsibility. And so an offset is responsible, is appropriate, does not exist, and was never discussed. The chairman talks about experts. We heard from no expert at the committee level as to the need for the additional $20 million in STOP grants. Madam Chair, I ask my colleagues to oppose the amendment, and I reserve the balance of my time.
