Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, I think it is worth stating for the Record that this amendment would maybe save somewhere between $9,000 and $29,000. I mean, let's bear the full impact of that weighty sum, depending on how it is interpreted. This is an amendment that would prevent the delivery of a printed copy that I have in my hand of the Congressional Pictorial Directory-- which, by the way, Mr. Flores, no offense, but some of us used this directory to identify you during the course of this discussion. This is a book that is actually necessary and one that we shouldn't be farming out or relying on lobbyists to print for us. Every year, we seem to get an amendment that stops some sort of printing or delivery of a paper copy of some document to Member offices. Just so Members know, we have actually made real savings in this bill in the past--in the Legislative Branch Appropriations bill--by no longer delivering a printed copy of a bill unless a Member requests a copy; we no longer deliver the Congressional Record to Member offices; we no longer allow more than 50 printed copies of the Code to go to House offices; we no longer deliver a printed copy of the statements of disbursement to Member offices; we no longer deliver a printed copy of the daily calendar to Member offices--all of which cost far more than stopping the printing of these books.…”