Mark Udall: “we need to change our budget policies. We should use the better, the fairer, and the more bipartisan approach to…”

“we need to change our budget policies. We should use the better, the fairer, and the more bipartisan approach to spending cuts that would come from passing H.R. 3966. That is a bill I introduced with the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Chabot), the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Flake), and the gentlewoman from Colorado (Mrs. Musgrave). It is called the Stimulating Leadership and Cutting Expenditures Act, or SLICE for short. SLICE would require an up-or-down vote on each specific cut the President proposes in the recently passed transportation bill and current appropriations bills. It is a workable and constitutional alternative to the line item veto designed to enable Presidential leadership and require congressional accountability. Mr. Speaker, before we cut critical health care, education and other programs that help working Americans, let us work in a bipartisan way to consider other cuts. Let us pass H.R. 3966 and slice the budget the right way. ____________________”