I have great admiration for Senator Moynihan. I don't know whether it will become law or not. If it does, so be it. I just want to be sure that enactment is not the day we pass it, but the enactment of the statute is the day which it becomes law after passage by the Congress and signed by the President. With that understanding, I do not object.
Discussing the legislative process and the timing of enactment of a bill.
Share
More from Arlen Specter
The reason we serve is to ensure our children and our children's children inherit the same great country that we received from those who went before us.
We are trying to make sure that we have maximum impact in the places that could use the money the most.
Congressional legislation 'doesn't amount to anything if the president can say, 'My constitutional authority supersedes the statute.'
Other voices in this conversation
