Pete Domenici: “Mr. President, I just want to end this debate by saying that the President's thinking in 1996 was much better than his…”

“Mr. President, I just want to end this debate by saying that the President's thinking in 1996 was much better than his thinking in 1997, because in 1996 in submitting his budget, the President made the following statement: The construction and renovation of school facilities has traditionally been the responsibility of State and local governments financed primarily by local taxpayers. We are opposed-- Continues the President in 1996-- to the creation of a new Federal grant program for school construction. Now, I understand the President has the right to change his mind in 12 months, but I submit his thinking was much, much better in 1996.”