Political Quotes

“I will vote against H.R. 3019, the omnibus consolidated rescissions and appropriations bill, because it fails on three counts. First, it provides too little for critical national priorities, especially education, anticrime efforts, and environmental protection; Second, it contains dangerous and misguided legislative riders that threaten our Nation's environment and natural resources; and Third, it undermines a woman's constitutional right to choose. Though some funds for environmental protection were added to the Republican bill by the Bond-Mikulski amendment, the bill still leaves critical programs underfunded and unable to meet current needs. Superfund cleanup grants, Safe Drinking Water revolving fund, EPA enforcement budget, Clean Water revolving fund, national parks budget--all will receive less than they need, and most will receive less in real terms in fiscal year 1996 than in 1995, even though needs are greater. For education, again, even though funds were restored to the bill by the Specter-Harkin amendment, the bill still underfunds critical elementary and secondary education programs, including Title 1 for disadvantaged children, Goals 2000, School-to-Work, Safe and Drug-Free Schools, and Summer Jobs for Youth. The bill proposes to dismantle one of the most effective crimefighting programs Congress has ever passed--the Community Policing Services [COPS] Program, established in the 1994 Violent Crime Control Act.”