Nick Smith said "If we say that all of the other taxpayers of the United States should contribute to help solve this problem, then it seems reasonable that all of the needs that are going to be considered for environmental cleanup be considered with the available money and it be decided how much goes to each one of those needed projects. For this body now to bypass the Committee on Appropriations, to bypass the analysis of how do we best spend our environmental money is not consistent with the way Congress should operate. It should go through the scrutiny of appropriations. It should go through the scrutiny of the hearings process. It should not be passed as an amendment on this floor to obligate the taxpayers across the whole country to pay for this particular cleanup of the Everglades in Florida." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordFebruary 29, 1996

If we say that all of the other taxpayers of the United States should contribute to help solve this problem, then it seems reasonable that all of the needs that are going to be considered for environmental cleanup be considered with the available money and it be decided how much goes to each one of those needed projects. For this body now to bypass the Committee on Appropriations, to bypass the analysis of how do we best spend our environmental money is not consistent with the way Congress should operate. It should go through the scrutiny of appropriations. It should go through the scrutiny of the hearings process. It should not be passed as an amendment on this floor to obligate the taxpayers across the whole country to pay for this particular cleanup of the Everglades in Florida.

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Nick Smith

Republican · Michigan

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Editor's note · Context

Addressing concerns about an amendment related to environmental cleanup funding during Senate debate.

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