Text of Senate Amendment 4956

On 2026-04-22, Senator John W. Hickenlooper (D-CO) delivered a floor speech titled "Text Of Senate Amendment 4956" in the Senate. The speech addressed foreign policy and also covered trade policy. It referenced legislation: S1971.

Text of Senate Amendment 4956

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 71 (Wednesday, April 22, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 71 (Wednesday, April 22, 2026)] [Senate] [Page S1971] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 4956. Mr. HICKENLOOPER 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 IMPACTS ON AFFORDABILITY FROM IRAN WAR AND TARIFFS. 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 reducing prices for consumers, which may include reducing prices of energy, food, medical equipment, building materials, or automobiles, which have been increased by tariffs and the war in Iran, by leveraging all affordable and reliable technologies, 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. ______