William Orton: “in closing let me just say we do not want to make this a partisan fight. This motion to recommit is not partisan. This…”

continuing my reservation, I would say to the gentleman that that conference not having reached a resolution, many of us here are concerned that in the middle of the 1996 process, as this body and the other body continue to identify areas…

H.R. 1555, the ``Communications Act of 1995'' makes major changes in our telecommunications industry. These changes will have a profound effect on consumers, on businesses, and on our society. While much of the focus of this bill has been…

today I am pleased to vote in favor of H.R. 4277, a bill to create an independent Social Security Administration. The Social Security system plays a critical role in providing economic security for millions of elderly Americans struggling…

That is the point I wish to make. And if, in fact, as the gentleman has indicated, Mr. Chairman, that the line-item veto would, not only under current law but under his amendment, apply line-item veto to all contract authority, then I…