Political Quotes

“many Democrats will vote for this bill because they believe the open and full debate on the costs to the public and private sector is the essence of good public policy. That is why it is imperative that if this bill is passed, the requirements of the bill be applied to legislation as soon as possible. We need to ensure a full and open debate on the true costs of the legislation that the Republican leadership will be bringing to this floor. Unfortunately, H.R. 5 in its present form will not allow us to do that. The effective date in section 306 is not when we pass this bill, or even a week or a month after passage. No, for some unexplained reasons, this bill does not go into effect until October 1, 1995. That is more than 8 months away. My amendment would simply move up the effective date to 10 days after enactment. We have heard how important this legislation is, how essential it is to pass it as soon as possible. How urgent is this bill? So urgent that the primary committee of jurisdiction, the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, was told that it did not have time for a hearing on the bill. So urgent that it was marked up just 2 days after the bill was printed. So urgent that the markup took place at the same time that the committee held its first organizational meeting. So urgent that the majority requested permission to file the committee report early to get us to the floor today.”