Edward Livingston said "Today we bring to the House our regular and emergency supplemental appropriations and rescissions bills, H.R. 1158 and H.R. 1159. These bills, the product of 10 subcommittees, were ordered reported by the Committee on Appropriations on March 2. This was after 6 weeks of hearings beginning January 11 and culminating in the completion of subcommittee mark ups on February 24. Mr. Chairman, the scope and size of these bills is unprecedented. Together these bills would rescind over $17.4 billion. If you add in the $3.2 billion that has already been rescinded in the emergency defense supplemental, the total rescissions reported by the Committee on Appropriations in the last 6 weeks are over $20.3 billion during the brief existence of the 104th Congress. I do not believe you will find any comparable performance in past Congresses." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordMarch 15, 1995

Today we bring to the House our regular and emergency supplemental appropriations and rescissions bills, H.R. 1158 and H.R. 1159. These bills, the product of 10 subcommittees, were ordered reported by the Committee on Appropriations on March 2. This was after 6 weeks of hearings beginning January 11 and culminating in the completion of subcommittee mark ups on February 24. Mr. Chairman, the scope and size of these bills is unprecedented. Together these bills would rescind over $17.4 billion. If you add in the $3.2 billion that has already been rescinded in the emergency defense supplemental, the total rescissions reported by the Committee on Appropriations in the last 6 weeks are over $20.3 billion during the brief existence of the 104th Congress. I do not believe you will find any comparable performance in past Congresses.

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Edward Livingston

Louisiana

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the introduction of supplemental appropriations and rescissions bills in the House.

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