Asa Hutchinson: “here is a list of good reasons why the line-item veto must be passed: A $58 million bailout of George Steinbrenner's…”

“here is a list of good reasons why the line-item veto must be passed: A $58 million bailout of George Steinbrenner's shipbuilding company; $15 million for never-authorized courthouses which were opposed by the Federal judges whom they were built for; $11.5 million to upgrade a powerplant for the soon-to-be-closed Philadelphia Naval Shipyard; and $35 million to eradicate screwworms in Mexico. It is time to end the spending sprees and get off the pork-barrel merry-go-round. The American people are watching and they are demanding greater accountability in the budget process. We should pass the line-item veto with the same bipartisan majorities that the unfunded mandates and the balanced budget amendment had. Mr. Speaker, the line-item veto is a no-brainer. We need it; the American people want it. And we should act now to restore sanity and accountability to Federal spending.”