It has been endorsed by state and local organizations such as the National Governors Association, the National Conference of State Legislators, the National Association of Counties, and the National League of Cities.

I often hear from state and local governments and constituents involved in non-profit organizations who, in an attempt to gain assistance for many worthy programs, are frustrated by the miles of red tape, regulations and duplicative…

To address this concern we have introduced this short and straightforward legislation.

I want to thank the gentleman from Maryland, Mr. Hoyer and the other original cosponsors for joining me in this effort and I encourage my colleagues to join in support of this bipartisan effort.

Article IV alleges that President Clinton refused and failed to respond to certain written requests for admission and willfully made perjurious, false and misleading sworn statements in response to certain written requests propounded to…