Joseph Skeen: “I support the override of the President's veto. I rise in support of the override of the President's veto of H.R. 2631…”

“I support the override of the President's veto. I rise in support of the override of the President's veto of H.R. 2631, the military construction line-item disapproval bill. Passage of this legislation is necessary to correct the mistakes that were made during the President's vetoes of 38 projects included in the bill which passed the House by a wide margin last year. This bill has been called by several of my colleagues as the ``military construction line item integrity bill,'' since this legislation restores integrity to the line-item veto process by ensuring that decisions are made on the basis of facts, not mistakes. The Office of Management and Budget has acknowledged that mistakes were made which led to the President's line-item vetoes, and passage of this legislation would allow those mistakes to be corrected. This bill has broad bipartisan support, and has received the endorsement of the National Guard Association of the United States.”