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Charles W. Stenholm: “I reclaim my time and say they are not fundamentally different because they are user fees, because the users have the…”

On the recordFebruary 6, 1995
I reclaim my time and say they are not fundamentally different because they are user fees, because the users have the right to believe those funds are being expended in the most efficient way possible. Therefore, the argument we make, I think, is extremely valid. What we are saying today in H.R. 2, and hopefully as amended, with all the amendments added, is that we all agree the basic thrust we want to see is that the President of the United States have the right to go into appropriation bills, Ways and Means tax bills, and now Public Works bills, and if he has a different opinion, then we shall have to vote up or down on the floor on those individual projects. This is what the argument is about. As I say, in my particular feeling, I get nervous about one-third plus one, but I do not get nervous about a 50 percent plus one independent judgment.
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Discussing the implications of H.R. 2 regarding presidential authority over appropriation and tax bills.

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