Alan B. Mollohan: “The point is that the gentleman is operating at the margins of accounts that are underfunded already, so it has dramatic…”

“The point is that the gentleman is operating at the margins of accounts that are underfunded already, so it has dramatic impacts, not only programmatic, but also employment impacts at this point. All of these accounts are underfunded in this whole bill. That is the principal purpose of opposing most of these amendments. We are operating on the margins. We need additional allocation. We need additional headroom in the caps. We need to do something with the budget resolution. These amendments are cutting accounts that cannot afford to be cut because they are already underfunded. While it is an attractive argument to point out that the gentleman's amendment only cuts a small percentage across the board in these accounts, and that is true, it has dramatic effects because these accounts are already at the margins and unacceptably underfunded. So, again, I hope that we get money in this bill as we move forward.”