[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 8 (Friday, January 13, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S922]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                           UNFUNDED MANDATES

  Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, we are debating the unfunded mandates 
bill. I voted it out of the Budget Committee. I am very much in 
agreement with the thrust of the bill. I served in local government and 
we had some mandates I never could understand.
  So I am very hopeful that the bill, in its final form, will be good 
for my State of California. And I want to make it clear, if I think it 
is good for the people of my State, I will be very proud to vote for 
the bill. But if I see that the bill takes some twists and turns and 
ignores, for example, the biggest unfunded mandate we face, which is 
services to illegal immigrants, then I am going to have a lot of 
trouble voting for the bill. Therefore, I look forward to the debate.
  We know that this bill on the issue of unfunded mandates will make a 
big difference in the way we fund State and local government. But no 
matter how fast or slowly we move this bill--and there is a push to 
move this bill fast because it is in the Contract With America and 
therefore there is a push to move it fast--there is something that is 
happening right now that we have to address.

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