On the recordDecember 17, 2013
Yes, that is exactly the issue I was raising. We keep promising people that money is going to go to certain places and then we divert it to other places. I think that under the system of accounting we use, we probably could get it to show up in two places and get to spend it twice. That is double the problem. So we have to start being honest with the public about where we are taking the money and where we are actually putting the money, and that was my purpose in making that comment. I thank my colleague for his comments and for his dedication on the budget. I don't think anybody spends as much time looking at those numbers as the Senator from Alabama does, and commenting here on the floor. It is an effort to educate America on what is really going on, and my colleague is very good at it. I thank him for his leadership.
