While the White House has not released specifics on thecost of the trip, citing securityconcerns, White House spokeswomanAmyBrundage has said, "it's safetosaytheseNumbersarewildly inflated."
As to the House-approved spending cuts bill, White House spokeswoman AmyBrundage dismissed the GOP alternative as "nothing more than a dangerous diversion" for eliminating federal funding by negatively impacting millions of seniors, disabled individuals and poor and at-risk children.