On the recordMay 16, 2000
I look at this system that we have today, the way we put a budget together, the way we are going to spend $1.83 billion this year, I look at that and I say, there must be a better way. Because, essentially, what we have now is we have no rules. I mean, the House has one set of rules, the Senate has a different set of rules, and the President of the United States has no rules. What is the President's target this year? If we do not have the same target, if we do not have the same rules, how will we ever get there, how will we know where we are? This is just simply a reform package that says we are all going to have the same set of rules. I submit that not a single Member of this body can defend the system that we have today, let alone explain it. There must be a better way. This, I think, is one better way. If my colleagues have a better idea, we are willing to listen.
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