Lloyd Bentsen: “First of all, I do not play golf. Second of all, I was unaware you could play golf at night. I would in many evenings…”

“First of all, I do not play golf. Second of all, I was unaware you could play golf at night. I would in many evenings rather be home with my children. But I do not recall the gentleman being on the floor at 12:30 in the morning when we were debating the Republican budget resolution, because I was here debating against the $10 billion cuts my colleagues want to make in veterans programs and the cuts they want to make in education. I just wanted to clarify that. To my colleague, the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Gekas), and I would yield if I had the time, it would be unprecedented, I know, in my time in Congress that anybody would yield to the other, is that I do want to work with the gentleman, as I said. But the fact is it is unprecedented action that my colleagues are taking at preempting State homestead laws in this bill. For the record the Governor of Texas has said they are for the amendment, but they take no position on the bill.”