Kay Bailey Hutchison: “I rise to speak against the waiver of the point of order--the waiver being the motion from the Senator from Iowa. I…”

“I rise to speak against the waiver of the point of order--the waiver being the motion from the Senator from Iowa. I agree in part and disagree in part with the acting chairman of the Military Construction-Veterans Affairs Subcommittee. Mr. President, two bills were passed by the Senate--one for Labor- Health and Human Services and one for Military Construction-Veterans Affairs. They are two separate bills because they are very different in nature. They cover very different areas. There was nothing in the bills that was the same. They are separate subjects, and they should be passed in the regular order. I have heard criticism on the Senate floor and also in the conference committee of the President of the United States, as if he had told Congress not to combine these bills. The President never said any such thing. The President did exactly what I would expect a President to do in his relations with Congress and its understanding of the role of our two different branches of government--executive and legislative.”