[House Report 110-746]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]
110th Congress
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Report
110-746
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Union Calendar No. 472
R E P O R T
on the
SUBALLOCATION OF BUDGET ALLOCATIONS
FOR FISCAL YEAR 2009
together with
MINORITY VIEWS
SUBMITTED BY MR. OBEY, CHAIRMAN,
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
July 8, 2008.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
DAVID R. OBEY, Wisconsin, Chairman
JOHN P. MURTHA, Pennsylvania
NORMAN D. DICKS, Washington
ALAN B. MOLLOHAN, West Virginia
MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio
PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana
NITA M. LOWEY, New York
JOSE E. SERRANO, New York
ROSA L. DeLAURO, Connecticut
JAMES P. MORAN, Virginia
JOHN W. OLVER, Massachusetts
ED PASTOR, Arizona
DAVID E. PRICE, North Carolina
CHET EDWARDS, Texas
ROBERT E. ``BUD'' CRAMER, Jr.,
Alabama
PATRICK J. KENNEDY, Rhode Island
MAURICE D. HINCHEY, New York
LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD, California
SAM FARR, California
JESSE L. JACKSON, Jr., Illinois
CAROLYN C. KILPATRICK, Michigan
ALLEN BOYD, Florida
CHAKA FATTAH, Pennsylvania
STEVEN R. ROTHMAN, New Jersey
SANFORD D. BISHOP, Jr., Georgia
MARION BERRY, Arkansas
BARBARA LEE, California
TOM UDALL, New Mexico
ADAM SCHIFF, California
MICHAEL HONDA, California
BETTY McCOLLUM, Minnesota
STEVE ISRAEL, New York
TIM RYAN, Ohio
C.A. ``DUTCH'' RUPPERSBERGER,
Maryland
BEN CHANDLER, Kentucky
DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Florida
CIRO RODRIGUEZ, Texas JERRY LEWIS, California
C. W. BILL YOUNG, Florida
RALPH REGULA, Ohio
HAROLD ROGERS, Kentucky
FRANK R. WOLF, Virginia
JAMES T. WALSH, New York
DAVID L. HOBSON, Ohio
JOE KNOLLENBERG, Michigan
JACK KINGSTON, Georgia
RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN, New Jersey
TODD TIAHRT, Kansas
ZACH WAMP, Tennessee
TOM LATHAM, Iowa
ROBERT B. ADERHOLT, Alabama
JO ANN EMERSON, Missouri
KAY GRANGER, Texas
JOHN E. PETERSON, Pennsylvania
VIRGIL H. GOODE, Jr., Virginia
RAY LaHOOD, Illinois
DAVE WELDON, Florida
MICHAEL K. SIMPSON, Idaho
JOHN ABNEY CULBERSON, Texas
MARK STEVEN KIRK, Illinois
ANDER CRENSHAW, Florida
DENNIS R. REHBERG, Montana
JOHN R. CARTER, Texas
RODNEY ALEXANDER, Louisiana
KEN CALVERT, California
JO BONNER, Alabama
Rob Nabors, Clerk and Staff Director
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LETTER OF SUBMITTAL
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House of Representatives,
Committee on Appropriations,
Washington, DC, July 8, 2008.
Hon. Nancy Pelosi,
The Speaker, U.S. House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
Dear Madam Speaker: By direction of the Committee on
Appropriations, I submit herewith the Committee's report on the
suballocation of budget allocations for fiscal year 2009.
As required by section 302(b) of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974, this report subdivides the allocation of fiscal
year 2009 spending authority to the House Committee on
Appropriations contained in the Joint Explanatory Statement of
the Committee of Conference on S. Con. Res. 70, the concurrent
resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2009.
Sincerely,
David R. Obey,
Chairman.
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Union Calendar No. 472
110th Congress Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2d Session 110-746
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REPORT ON THE SUBALLOCATION OF BUDGET ALLOCATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2009
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July 8, 2008.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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Mr. Obey, from the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the following
R E P O R T
SUBALLOCATION OF BUDGET ALLOCATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2009
The Committee on Appropriations submits the following
report on the suballocation of budget allocations for fiscal
year 2009 pursuant to section 302(b) of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974. This report is consistent with the
``Allocation of Spending Authority to House Committee on
Appropriations'' presented in the Joint Explanatory Statement
of the Committee of Conference on S. Con. Res. 70, the
concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2009.
MINORITY VIEWS OF REPRESENTATIVE JERRY LEWIS
The 302(b) suballocations adopted by the House
Appropriations Committee on June 24, 2008, marked the first
time in history that the discretionary spending allocated to
the Appropriations Committee exceeded one trillion dollars. The
President proposed a generous $991 billion total spending level
reflecting an increase of $59 billion, or 6%, above the 2008
enacted spending level. Yet such an increase was not enough to
satisfy the spending desires of our Democrat majority as they
added $21 billion on top of the $59 billion, for a total of $80
billion, or 9%, above the fiscal year 2008 enacted level. Since
the majority's overall budget blueprint was so excessive, we
did not offer an alternative 302(b) suballocation. It is more
instructive to illustrate the impacts of the majority's
spending plans, which will further squeeze American families.
The majority's plan to spend $80 billion over the 2008
enacted budget levels represents exactly the kind of unfettered
spending that illustrates the differences between Republicans
and Democrats. Rather than making tough spending choices, the
majority continues to throw more money at problems without
demanding results. If this spending philosophy continues and is
adopted into the baseline, this country will see an increase of
$241 billion in new spending over the next five years.
In the end, who will pay for these massive increases in
spending? The Democrats have chosen to pay the bill by further
squeezing American families. Their agenda requires tax
increases of more than $683 billion over the next five years.
Families of four who earn $40,000 today will see a tax increase
of more than $2,000 in 2011. A single parent of two children
who earns $30,000today will see a tax increase of more than
$1,600 in 2011. This year alone, millions more middle income families
may be captured by the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT). In addition, the
Democrats have also failed to address skyrocketing food and energy
prices. The cost of a gallon of gasoline has increased more than 75%
since the Democrats claimed the majority in January of 2007. The
majority has offered no real solutions for the tightening household
budgets of hard working Americans.
The allocations before us also point to another key
difference in the spending priorities between Democrats and
Republicans. We have heard countless arguments by the majority
party that they fully support funding for our troops, yet
despite increasing spending by $21 billion above the
President's request, the Democrat majority chose to cut defense
spending by $4 billion below the President's request.
By cutting defense, the majority chose to divert funds that
benefit our troops to instead bolster spending for other non-
defense, non-homeland security discretionary programs at levels
over and above the generous funding levels assumed in the
budget resolution. We think it is important that the record be
set straight so that the American people can see the priorities
that are reflected in the Democrat majority's decisions.
By moving forward with the allocations as adopted by the
majority, we are guaranteeing vetoes from the White House. We
are guaranteeing that most, if not all, of the spending bills
will never see the light of day and we will be forced to fund
the operations of government through a continuing resolution
into the next calendar year. We are guaranteeing less real
income to America's families as they pay for the Democrats'
spending spree and inability to address rising food and energy
costs.
Adoption of these 302(b) allocations spells failure to do
our job. We cannot and do not support them.
Jerry Lewis.