The time has now come to coiisider amendments to that budget resolution. The distinguished Senators from New York and Wisconsin have painstakingly and conscientiously crafted a truly comprehensive substitute that seeks to contain the damage done by the Budget Committee to the budget functions and programs that sustain our neediest citizens. which are the budget functions and programs that we will find ourselves relying on ever more heavily as the present recession deepens. While still stringent. even painful. the NelsonJavits substitute permits at least an element of continuity in our cash assistance programs. in food stamps. in employment programs. in education. in health. in housing. in refugee assistance. in mass transit. in community development. in unemployment compensation. in veterans benefits. and in myriad other areas. To deny that continuity is to rend the social fabric of the Nation. is to punish the needy for the recession that they did not cause. is to deepen the economic distress of our urban industrial centers. and is to force harsh and unreasonable cuts on public and private agencies that are already unable to keep up with the mounting demand for their services. For all of these reasons. the NelsonJavits substitute is an urgently needed improvement in the budget resolution.