[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 107 (Tuesday, July 20, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H5730]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 WE MUST PASS A CLEAN SUPPLEMENTAL BILL

  (Mr. LEWIS of California asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. LEWIS of California. Mr. Speaker, we are hearing welcome news 
that House leaders may accept a clean supplemental appropriations bill 
if it is sent back from the Senate. I introduced a House version of 
that bill last week. If we had voted it out then, it would be on the 
President's desk right now.
  The Army and Marine Corps operating accounts are about to run into 
the red. Without these supplemental funds, the Pentagon will begin 
cutbacks--reduced training, delayed equipment purchases, possibly even 
delayed pay for our soldiers and marines.
  By passing this clean supplemental, we can avert that dangerous 
situation. We can provide disaster relief funds to the areas that need 
it. We can avoid adding tens of billions of dollars to the Federal 
deficit that would have come from add-ons passed by this House 2 weeks 
ago.
  I urge my colleagues, please pass a clean supplemental bill now.

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