[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S1275]
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SA 1035. Mr. SANDERS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 7, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal
years 2026 through 2034; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:
At the end of title III, add the following:
SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PRESIDENT
TRUMP'S PLAN TO CUT WASTE, FRAUD, AND ABUSE AT
THE PENTAGON, WHICH MAY INCLUDE PROVIDING
HEALTH CARE TO VETERANS AND EXPANDING MEDICARE
TO COVER DENTAL, VISION, AND HEARING.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution,
and make adjustments to the pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or
more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between
the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
redirecting wasteful defense spending, which may include
cutting waste, fraud, and abuse at the Pentagon, expanding
health care for veterans, or requiring Medicare to cover
dental, vision, and hearing, by the amounts provided in such
legislation for those purposes, provided that such
legislation would not increase the deficit over the period of
the total of fiscal years 2025 through 2034.
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