"This huge reduction for the state revolving fund is outrageous...You cannot push through huge tax increases in a time of war without cutting back on important domestic programs."

[Frank] called [the amendment] "a perfect illustration of the impossible position the Republican budget polices have put us in." [He] said there should be an overall increase in the amount of money available for these two important programs "rather than a wrestling match between two important programs that help serve the same purpose."
(New Bedford Standard-Times, May 24, 2005).