Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, as we are aware, the 1996 appropriations cycle has extended longer than normal, primarily because the President vetoed three bills, the Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary bill, the Interior bill, and the VA-HUD bill, and because the other body was engaged in a filibuster on the Labor, Health and Human Services and Education bill. Those bills are encompassed in this wrap-up bill. We have various names for it. Some people call it a continuing resolution. People call it other things. But I will call it the wrap-up bill, for the purposes of our discussion at this time, because indeed it intends to wrap up what is left on the table for fiscal year 1996. There is a fifth bill not covered by this effort which is facing another filibuster in the Senate. That is the District of Columbia bill, which hinges on the resolution of a small $3 million pilot program involving sending poor kids to private schools, and for some reason the liberals are against that. We will let them deal with that one. The House has worked its will, and that bill should go to the President, I hope within the next few days. The bill before us deals with the remaining four bills that I have already named. It is a fiscally responsible bill.”