Glenn Grothman: “I guess there is a series of amendments like this. It is well known that we have a huge deficit out here. Obviously, one…”

“I guess there is a series of amendments like this. It is well known that we have a huge deficit out here. Obviously, one way to deal with a deficit is to make sure that the appropriations bills are not excessive. We are approaching borrowing 20 percent of the Federal budget. That is just almost beyond belief. We just got done with an amendment in which some people out there felt we weren't spending enough on community block grants, which is appalling. I am much more in line with President Trump's opinion of that. I don't think we should be increasing things at this time. This amendment is a modest amendment. Rather than having decreases-- which, of course, we should have--we are taking a 4.6 percent across- the-board cut on this overall provision. I realize it touches a variety of programs. We are still allowing a 2 percent increase. Quite frankly, I think a 2 percent increase here is more than enough, but what I do here is I propose a 4.6 percent across- the-board reduction. Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.”