Richard K. Armey: “Mr. Chairman, let me say to the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Rush) I do not intend to oppose his amendment, but I did…”

“Mr. Chairman, let me say to the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Rush) I do not intend to oppose his amendment, but I did want to point out that we have addressed this very same question in page 13 of the bill. The difference between the gentleman's position offered in his amendment and our bill is we take it as a function of the Secretary. You want to elevate it to the position of an Office of the Secretary. Assuming that we would be effective in achieving the desired objectives in either case, the difference would be a modest difference, from my point of view, of our desire to minimize the amount of employee agency adds, bureaucrats, in this city, let us say, as opposed to the field. I would suggest that perhaps as we move forward, the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Rush) and I might get together, take a look at that, and see if we could reconcile our modest differences and prepare ourselves to work with the other body towards the maximum effective fulfillment of the objectives we both outlined.”