Bruce F. Vento: “I do not object to the gentleman from Utah, the chairman of the subcommittee, trying to improve this product. It needs a…”

“I do not object to the gentleman from Utah, the chairman of the subcommittee, trying to improve this product. It needs a lot of improvement. That is for sure. That much, we can agree upon. I think he has made a step forward to improve it. But you remember that sausage I was talking about a little earlier, about part of it having some bad product in it. When you add spices to that sausage, you can add a little more salt to it, for a preservative, I might add, not to rub it in or anything, but in the end it still does not pass the smell test and it still is not edible. I appreciate the gentleman's effort to negotiate on his own, not with me, not with the gentleman from California (Mr. Miller), not with the administration, not with our good friend the gentleman from New York (Mr. Boehlert), but the end result is that still the gentleman, as I heard our chairman talk about, well, he looked over some of these bills and he decided they were all right. Well, that is just fine. I am glad that he decided that, and maybe you decided that with him. I trust your judgment, but I think frankly that many of these provisions that have not had hearings may be good provisions, they may not. I know that we have worked hard on that subcommittee. I have sat through a lot of hearings myself. I just think that we can do better than bringing this sort of bill with 100 different provisions on the floor and trying to pass it at this late date without the type of agreement.”