William Clinger: “I would say to the gentleman we have had, I think we have, 60 suggested exemptions. If you want a meaningless bill then…”

I rise in fervent support of S. 1124, the Department of Defense authorization conference report. I want to commend the chairman... The provisions that are in this bill are consistent with H.R. 1670, the Federal Acquisition Reform Act of…

As I indicated, this would also go into effect if the President would agree to the balanced-budget agreement.

I would indicate that I think a ``yes'' vote on this matter would in effect be saying that we would allow an unfunded mandate to be passed through, or open the door to passing through, an unfunded mandate to the States. Those who would…

But it does not have to be Defense Department. Mandatory spending is all across the board.