George Bush actually said...

As a matter of law, the use of local funds in the District of Columbia must be approved by the Congress and the President through enactment ...

I am withholding my approval of H.R. 2699, a bill providing appropriations for fiscal year 1992 for the District of Columbia.

I will not designate the direct spending and the appropriations authorized in H.R. 3201 as an emergency.

I do hereby proclaim August 29, 1991, as National Sarcoidosis Awareness Day.