Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, we support this rule, and the bill it makes in order, the Federal Acquisition Reform Act of 1995. As the gentleman has said, this is an open rule, so Members may offer any amendment that is otherwise in order under the standing Rules of the House. The rule permits the chair to accord priority in recognition to Members whose amendments have been printed in the Congressional Record. This rule also provides for several waivers of sections 302(f) and 308(a) of the Congressional Budget Act. Although we are normally reluctant to waive the Budget Act--and particularly section 302(f), which prohibits spending in excess of a committee's allocation, and is one of the most important safeguards we have to control spending--we understand and accept the necessity of waiving the Budget Act in the cases provided for by this rule. The rule also waives clause 5(a) of rule XXI, which prohibits appropriations in an authorization bill. Just as we do not normally approve of waiving the Budget Act, we are also reluctant to waive this important rule. However, here, also, we accept the need for the waivers.”