Victor Fazio: “I have been reading the gentleman's amendment, and I think that I can come up with a number of phrases that would…”

I think it makes a bad proposal less bad, but I understand that the gentleman has the votes on his side, so I certainly will not oppose it. In fact, I encourage him to offer it. But I do think that when we begin to think about those things…

But it is rather ironic that this is presented as additional responsibilities for the Federal Election Commission when in fact, if my colleagues read the bill, there is no new authorization for what the report that accompanies the bill…

regrettably, I, too, rise to say I cannot vote in favor of fast track today. Many of my colleagues know that the gentleman from California (Mr. Matsui), the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer), a number of us, helped lead the effort to…

the New York Times calls it budget bologna. The Washington Post dubs it budget theatrics. Even the Senate Budget Chairman Pete Domenici, our longtime Republican leader there, calls it a mockery. But no matter what it is labeled, the budget…