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Congressional Budget for the United States Government for Fiscal Year 2007--Continued

Date: March 15, 2006
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Transportation


CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET FOR THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007--Continued

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Mr. GREGG. I will speak to Senator Grassley's amendment.

What Senator Grassley is suggesting is we give the Secretary of Health and Human Services the authority to extend the signup time for senior citizens, and if we extend such signup times, there will be no penalty against the senior citizens.

It is an excellent amendment. I hope it will be supported.

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Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I must rise in opposition to this amendment as it would exceed the caps and would end up raising taxes. We are going to have an amendment that follows this amendment which makes a commitment to Amtrak, which does it under the caps, therefore, sets the priorities correctly, and that is the proper way to do this.

I yield back the remainder of my time.

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