Bill Clinton: “Well, I don't want to block action. I have offered even more spending cuts than is in their bill. This is not about…”

“Well, I don't want to block action. I have offered even more spending cuts than is in their bill. This is not about cutting spending, and they know it. I worked in good faith with the Republican majority in the Senate to shape a rescission bill that would be better for the American people and would still cut spending. For example, I worked with the Senate to add back some of the money in the LIHEAP program, which goes to States like New Hampshire to help older people with their utility bills, but we cut spending somewhere else. So we had an agreement that I would go along with this bill, and we worked in good faith. Then the Senate and the House Members went behind closed doors when nobody was looking and--remember, this is not a partisan issue--members of both parties put a lot of pork in the bill and took a billion and a half dollars in education funding out. Mr. Malof. Now, correct----”