Porter Goss: “the wave of reform is moving through this House. On opening day we made good on our pledge to start changing the way we…”

“the wave of reform is moving through this House. On opening day we made good on our pledge to start changing the way we conduct the Nation's business. Now we are getting down to the business of change to shrink the Federal Government and restore fiscal sanity. The streamlined committees of this House are already hard at work on a balanced budget amendment, a true line-item veto for the President, and a mechanism to stop unfunded mandates from crippling our State and local governments. We have pledged to cut spending and realign our Federal priorities--and we are going to fulfill that commitment. We will not be distracted by the diversionary or dilatory tactics of yesterday's powerbrokers--things have changed around here and Americans can once again trust their elected Representatives to do what we have said we will do.”