Don Nickles: “first I wish to compliment the Senator from Kansas for her amendment. I hope that my colleagues will vote with her on…”

“first I wish to compliment the Senator from Kansas for her amendment. I hope that my colleagues will vote with her on this amendment. I think it is important. I note at the conclusion of the statement of my friend from Iowa that the President acted within the confines of law. Let me just state the facts. President Clinton issued an Executive order because he could not pass a law. President Clinton introduces a bill, that has been introduced a couple of times--I guess both years since he has been President--trying to get it passed, but he has not been successful. He has tried but he did not get a bill to become law. And so the President is trying to do by Executive order what he could not do legislatively. Even in spite of the fact that he had a Democrat-controlled House and Senate, he was not successful because Congress did not agree. I think Congress is right in not agreeing. Now I am looking at the Executive order, and very clearly, if one reads this Executive order-- and I know it has been put into the Record; if it has not, I will ask unanimous consent to put it in the Record--but one needs to read this to find out this is law. This is an Executive order where the President is trying to legislate.”