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Senate Proceeding on Sep 29th, 2009 :: 5:05:40 to 5:10:35
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Daniel Inouye

5:05:20 to 5:05:41( Edit History Discussion )

Daniel Inouye: quorum call: the presing officer: the senator from hawaii. mr. inouye: i ask that the quorum call be rescinded. the presiding officer: without obje mr. inouye: mr. president, earlr the senator from arizona raised concerns that the committee on appropriations have reduced funding in the operation and maintenance

Daniel Inouye

5:05:40 to 5:10:35( Edit History Discussion )
Speech By: Daniel Inouye

Daniel Inouye

5:05:42 to 5:06:02( Edit History Discussion )

Daniel Inouye: mr. president, as i noted in my opening statement, this committee of ours views the entire budget based on that revie and the review came out with various results. and i'd like

Daniel Inouye

5:06:03 to 5:06:23( Edit History Discussion )

Daniel Inouye: them with you. for before i do want to point out to my colleagues that the budget that

Daniel Inouye

5:06:24 to 5:06:45( Edit History Discussion )

Daniel Inouye: we are considering at this moment was formulated about a year ago. a year ago. that's when the process began. and i agree that since that time much has changed. and, therefore, the committee felt that we owe it to the

Daniel Inouye

5:06:46 to 5:07:07( Edit History Discussion )

Daniel Inouye: senate to apply the funds that we recommend where they are most need at this moment, n they were needed a year ago for example, the reductions to operations and programs that we based on a lack of justification

Daniel Inouye

5:07:08 to 5:07:30( Edit History Discussion )

Daniel Inouye: or changed requirements. the funds were not reduced because of a need to transfer funding to other appropriations. the senator from arizona certain funding to earmarks. the o&m accounts -- operation an

Daniel Inouye

5:07:31 to 5:07:51( Edit History Discussion )

Daniel Inouye: reduce in this fiscal year 2010 base budt for just let me explain a $500 million, off half a billion dollars, was -- or half a billion dollars, was not a cut as suggested by the senator from arizona, but it was rather a

Daniel Inouye

5:07:52 to 5:08:12( Edit History Discussion )

Daniel Inouye: transfer from the base budget request to the overseas contingency operation budget because the resources for certain programs were more appropriately funded for the iraq and afghanistan war. this

Daniel Inouye

5:08:13 to 5:08:34( Edit History Discussion )

Daniel Inouye: $100 million was reduced based on administrative saving proposals. in april of this year the office of management and budget was directed by the president to work with agencies to identify cuts to the ainistrative budgets. separate and apart from those

Daniel Inouye

5:08:35 to 5:08:56( Edit History Discussion )

Daniel Inouye: identified by the fy 2010 budget, beyond that, the d.o.d. savings identified administration was $100 million in f these funds to other projects.

Daniel Inouye

5:08:57 to 5:09:18( Edit History Discussion )

Daniel Inouye: and finally $100 million was cut from the security program because that was not authorized by the senate armed services committee. mr. president, we do this type of review every year. every year someone complains that their programs were cut.

Daniel Inouye

5:09:19 to 5:09:39( Edit History Discussion )

Daniel Inouye: and, mr. president, we stand by our recommendations. we do more to enhance the readiness of the forces in this bill than was requested. keep in mind that s budget was drafted, we have

Daniel Inouye

5:09:40 to 5:10:03( Edit History Discussion )

Daniel Inouye: requested and added 30,000 troops. we do so by providing equipment to our national guard and reserves. everyone supports the nationa guard, but we give them secondhand tools. it's about time they got some good ones. we do so to buy mrap's to protect our troops.

Daniel Inouye

5:10:04 to 5:10:26( Edit History Discussion )

Daniel Inouye: and, yes, we do so to buy more c-17's to carry our forces wherever our leaders send them. i thank you very much and suggest the absence of a the presiding officer: the clerk will call the

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