Political Quotes

“first of all, I am pleased to say that the amendment that I am about to offer was put together on a bipartisan basis. I worked very closely with the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. Portman] on our side, and with the gentleman from Virginia [Mr. Moran], the gentleman from Connecticut [Mr. Gejdenson], and the gentlewoman from Florida [Mrs. Meek] on the Democrat side. This amendment makes two changes that are related to each other with respect to title I. The main change is that it takes out the brand-new commission that would have been created under title I to study the unfunded mandate issue further, as called for under this bill, and instead substitutes an existing government agency, the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, whose members are appointed by the Congress and by the President on a bipartisan and independent basis to do this task. Related to that change is the second change. My amendment would remove the $1 million authorization that is now contained in the bill as originally written for this purpose, and does not provide any authorization of additional funds.”