On the recordDecember 14, 2005
let me simply say in response to the gentlewoman's comments, the Republican leadership and the Republican caucus has already made clear that they intend to attach a further 1 percent across-the-board cut in all discretionary spending before we leave here for the Christmas holidays. The fact is that the bill before us today is just for openers. And when you put this bill together with the 1 percent cut that they intend to make across the board, and then when you add that to the humongous cuts that they made over the next 5 years in the reconciliation bill last week, they are already on the hook for that. That means, over the next 5 years, there will be a cumulative cut in programs to help the people targeted by this bill of $48 billion.
Source
govinfo.gov
