[PhilDragoo]

FISCAL YEAR 2003 DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS BILL:

Provides $4.1 billion for 23 F-22 fighter aircraft.

Hmm, so by eliminating $15 billion for Africans with AIDS, we add another 85 F-22s--excellent.

[Jorge]

Hmm, so by eliminating $15 billion for Africans with AIDS, we add another 85 F-22s--excellent.

With all the excess pork and wasted billions in the Federal budget, why would your first thought be to cut off money used to help millions of people who are suffering and dying?