Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations for 1997 and Supplemental for 1996, Vol. 1
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Excerpt from Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations for 1997 and Supplemental for 1996, Vol. 1: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations House of Representatives One Hundred Forth Congress Second Session Mr. Callahan. Gentlemen and members of the subcommittee, this afternoon the subcommittee will receive testimony from two senior administration officials regarding the President´s proposed transfer of 16 F-16 fighter aircraft to the Government of Jordan at a cost of some $200,000,000 to the American taxpayer. Given the recent tragic events in the Middle East, I believe our hearing today is particularly important and timely for a variety of reasons. On the one hand, this proposal has important foreign policy implications. At the same time, it also raises equally important questions of fiscal responsibility. Unfortunately, it also seems to be another troubling example of the Administration´s use of the defense budget for nondefense purposes. Finally, this proposal once again highlights the continued failure of the Administration to consult fully and openly with Congress before making multimillion dollar commitments to foreign governments. In reading the prepared remarks of our witnesses, I was struck at the similarity in testimony on Jordan provided last year. I would like to remind the witnesses that last year at the President´s strong urging the Congress provided $275,000,000 to forgive nearly $500,000,000 in Jordanian debt. The Congress also approved a $100,000,000 drawdown of DOD stocks for Jordan and $30,000,000 in foreign military grants. This occurred even as the subcommittee was reducing the foreign operations budget by nearly 11 percent. Jordan is doing extremely well. This brings me to my first point, the question of fiscal responsibility. At what point does the Administration intend to say, "That is enough?" We all know that Jordan is an important participant in the Middle East peace process. But we also know that Uncle Sam´s pockets are not bottomless. Balancing the budget requires judicious use of scarce resources. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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