Political Quotes

“I wish to offer for the Record the Budget Committee's cost estimate of S. 2837, the Commerce, Justice, and Science Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2017. The reported measure provides $56.3 billion in discretionary budget authority for fiscal year 2017, which will result in discretionary outlays of $64.4 billion. The reported bill matches its section 302(b) allocation set forth in S. Rept. 114-273 for budget authority for both the security and nonsecurity categories, and matches the 302(b) allocation for outlays. The bill is not subject to any budget-related points of order. I ask unanimous consent that the table displaying the Budget Committee scoring of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 2837, 2017 COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS--SPENDING COMPARISONS--SENATE- REPORTED BILL (Fiscal Year 2017, $ millions) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Budget Authority Outlays ------------------------------------------------------------------- Security Nonsecurity Total Total ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Senate-reported bill:....................... 5,117 51,168 56,285 64,409 Senate 302(b) allocation:...................…”