Political Quotes

“Mr. President, S. Con. Res. 14, the fiscal year 2022 congressional budget resolution, included authority in section 4004 to allow the chairman of the Committee on the Budget to adjust budget aggregates and committee allocations related to program integrity, disaster relief, wildfire suppression, and veterans medical care funding. H.R. 2471, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022, was enacted on March 15, 2022, and designates funding eligible for several of these adjustments. Specifically, the bill provides $18.9 billion in budget authority for disaster relief, $2.1 billion in budget authority for program integrity activities to combat waste, fraud, and abuse, and $2.5 billion in budget authority to fight wildfires. Accordingly, I am adjusting the allocation to the Committee on Appropriations and the spending aggregates upward by these amounts and by the amount of outlays flowing therefrom. I ask unanimous consent that the accompanying tables, which provide details about the adjustment, be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: REVISIONS TO BUDGET AGGREGATES--BUDGET AUTHORITY AND OUTLAYS (Pursuant to Section 4004 of S. Con. Res.…”