Sean Patrick Maloney: “I rise this morning to commend President Clinton for vetoing a bill that took food out of the mouths of children, heat…”

“I rise this morning to commend President Clinton for vetoing a bill that took food out of the mouths of children, heat out of the homes of the elderly, and trees out of national forests. The bill cut student loans and summer jobs for young Americans trying to do something with their lives. It used money for those programs to provide timber barons with massive Government subsidies. This is a clear-cut case of clearcutting. The new majority has taken a chain saw to education funding and to our disappearing natural resources. But the President's pen was mightier than the chain saw. His first veto was a defining one. He stuck up for education and the environment. The Republicans stuck up for corporate welfare and environmental destruction. Mr. Speaker, the new majority has passed some awful legislation. I hope the President's veto pen has plenty of ink.”