Political Quotes

“let me simply say to the gentleman, he has talked to me about his concern about providing additional funding for autism. I very much agree with that; and, as a matter of fact, I agree with some of the comments he just made about some of the wasteful uses of some of the funds in the program that he is discussing cutting. About 4 years ago, I made a similar objection myself. I would urge the gentleman to withdraw the amendment, with the assurances that both the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Regula) and I and the rest of the conferees will try in conference to gain additional financial support for programs directed at autism, and a number of others, for that matter. I think the gentleman is correct in bringing it to our attention. I hesitate to support the proposal as the gentleman is offering it, because in addition to the limitations on the AIDS program that he is talking about, we would also be reducing funding that would go for dealing with diseases such as TB. That almost got out of the bottle a few years ago. I do not want to see that happen again. I would just urge the gentleman to respect the agreement that the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Regula) and I have to oppose all amendments, no matter how meritorious we might find parts of them. We would both be happy to work with the gentleman in conference to try to accomplish what the gentleman is trying to accomplish.”