On the recordJune 11, 1997
Well, Mr. Chairman, reclaiming my time, I understand what the gentleman is saying, but I do not think we can start dictating to the administrative branch of Government, to the State Department that they ought to have blue carpets in their Embassies; we should not have an amendment that says no Embassy can be painted brown or pink. We ought to recognize that the Constitution gives foreign policy responsibility to the administrative branch of Government. We do hold the pursestrings. I am chairman of the committee that appropriates the money to the State Department for foreign policy, and the chairman here today is the chairman of the committee that handles the State Department affairs, such as most of these things address.
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