Glenn Grothman: “I will just make one point. We are borrowing. We have dropped a little bit below about 20 percent of our budget right…”

“I will just make one point. We are borrowing. We have dropped a little bit below about 20 percent of our budget right now. I think most people on the Appropriations Committee would say everything is essential. I will make one point, among several, on the programs that were criticized. We are going to cut 2.2 percent of global health programs. In my district, it is more and more common for people to have $10,000, $15,000, $20,000 deductibles on their health insurance policies. Frequently, they are paying $15,000 or $20,000 for those policies, to boot. We are crying the blues that maybe we can't afford a 2 percent cut in our global health programs. I think it is bizarre that I am going to have to go back home--and I will probably lose this fight--and tell people that next year, their health insurance premiums may go up 10 or 11 percent, but we can't cut global health programs by 2 percent. It is just absurd. Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.”