On the recordMarch 5, 1996
Well, we passed a version early on in the 104th Congress, first session. The Senate passed a slightly different version. But I am hopeful that this bill will get to the President and a compromise version after the conferees have met because line-item veto like 43 Governors have in the country, the chance to eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse, that exists. My own Governor, Governor Ridge, has a chance in Pennsylvania to eliminate those programs that are just pork barrel, just in there for one Representative or Senator and not really there to have permanent, long-term value for our Nation. And the line-item veto is an idea whose time has certainly arrived.
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