Paul Ryan: “I just would like to bring some illumination to this with numbers. This brinksmanship that this process brings us to has…”

“I just would like to bring some illumination to this with numbers. This brinksmanship that this process brings us to has brought us a lot of extra spending. In fiscal year 2002, the discretionary spending level in the budget resolution was $661 billion. We spent $734 billion. In FY 2003, the discretionary spending level was set out in the budget resolution at $750 billion. We ended up spending $849 billion. In FY 2004, the discretionary spending was $784 billion. We ended up spending $873 billion. This brinksmanship brings us to this overspending limit. This amendment stops that.”