[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 71 (Wednesday, April 22, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S2016]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5282. Mr. KAINE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 33, setting forth the 
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 
2026 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal 
years 2027 through 2035; 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 
                   DECREASING THE COST OF GAS DUE TO PRESIDENT 
                   TRUMP'S ONGOING WAR OF CHOICE WITH IRAN.

         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 
     decreasing the cost of gas for consumers in the United 
     States, which may include legislation to end the ongoing and 
     unauthorized war with Iran, reopen the Strait of Hormuz, or 
     prevent the initiation of future costly wars of choice, 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 2026 through 
     2035.
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