Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, very briefly, I want to clear up some comments that were just made for the record. First of all, nothing in this bill cancels any current mandate or prevents us from passing future unfunded mandates. We would of course have to cost these out if they were over $50 million across the rest of the country, and we could then decide, recognizing those costs that we would pass on the State and local governments, whether we would want to fund that mandate or impose an unfunded mandate on those other jurisdictions. Also this bill does not apply to authorizations, unless in that reauthorization there is a new mandate over $50 million that will be passed on to State and Federal governments or a reduction in funding for existing mandates. I just want to set the record straight on that, Mr. Chairman.”