On the recordFebruary 6, 1995
I was for the line-item veto long before being for the line-item veto was cool, and those who support the line-item veto, who believe that it really ought to work in this country to enforce congressional will power, to stop deficit spending, and stop pork-barrel projects, ought to be for the line-item veto in its purest form, ought to make sure we exempt no discretionary spending that is deficit spending from this bill. I joined many of my colleagues in voting to make sure we did not exempt military spending, defense spending from this bill, and I am amazed today that we are debating whether to leave an exemption for highway funding in this bill. How can we be consistently for the line-item veto and all it means for us to enforce the balanced budget and to end deficit spending, to stand up, as I did and others did, against exempting defense spending from this bill, and then be for exempting highways and bridges?
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