Political Quotes

“I offer for the Record the Budget Committee's cost estimate of S. 2806, the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2017. The reported measure provides $75.1 billion in discretionary budget authority for fiscal year 2017, which will result in discretionary outlays of $83.1 billion. The reported bill matches its section 302(b) allocation set forth in S. Rept. 114-238 for budget authority for both the security and nonsecurity categories, and is below the 302(b) allocation for outlays by $10 million. The bill is not subject to any budget-related points of order. I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record the table displaying the Budget Committee scoring of the bill. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 2806, 2017 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS--SPENDING COMPARISONS--SENATE-REPORTED BILL (Fiscal Year 2017, $ millions) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Budget Authority Outlays ------------------------------------------------------------------- Security Nonsecurity Total Total ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Senate-reported bill........................ 7,930- 75,100 83,030 83,141 Senate 302(b) allocation....................…”