On the recordJune 5, 1996
Yes, I do. Mr. Chairman, again, I think the issue here is whether or not a committee's jurisdiction is more important than the necessity to protect taxpayers' money. This provision has been carried for years without the objection of the authorizing committee. It seems to me that it is peculiar at a time when both parties are bragging like crazy to the American people that we are going to balance the budget and fight waste, fraud and abuse, that we take the two main items in this bill that prevent fraud and abuse and strip them from the bill. That is indeed a quaint way to build support for public aid, and I again cannot do anything about it if the gentleman insists on his point of order, but I do not think the taxpayers' interests are being served by the elimination of the language that protects their hard-earned tax dollars.
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