Political Quotes

“Mr. President, section 251 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, BBEDCA, establishes statutory limits on discretionary spending and allows for various adjustments to those limits, while sections 302 and 3141(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 allow the chairman of the Budget Committee to establish and make revisions to allocations, aggregates, and levels consistent with those adjustments The Senate is considering S. Amdt. 808, which provides emergency funding for disaster relief. This legislation includes language that increases nonsecurity discretionary budget authority by $15,250 million this year and designates it as emergency funding pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of BBEDCA. CBO estimates that this budget authority will not outlay in 2017. As a result of the aforementioned designations, I am revising the allocation to the Committee on Appropriations by increasing the revised nonsecurity budget authority by $15,250 million Further, I am increasing the budgetary aggregate for fiscal year 2017 by $15,250 million in budget authority. I ask unanimous consent that the accompanying tables, which provide details about the adjustment, be printed in the Record.…”