Alan B. Mollohan: “I agree that should funds under the VA-HUD allocation increase, VA medical service would most definitely be one of our…”

No. It's terminal. It's a bad offset. It degrades the Census Bureau's ability to collect economic statistics, which is terrible. But please.

I just want to expand on the excellent debate and the points that have been made in opposition to this amendment. The fact is we are in a period of rising crime. In the last 2 years we have experienced a rise in crime. We are looking at an…

Since we are talking about increasing inadequate funding in the bill, let me explain that in our law enforcement agencies, we had a gap in the funding of the bill versus the need. The Department of Justice faced the challenge to fill…

I think both the chairman and the ranking member are right on when they talk about some sort of systemic reform.