[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 22 (Friday, February 3, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H1161]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


               A GREAT BIRTHDAY PRESENT FOR RONALD REAGAN

  (Mr. HAYWORTH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HAYWORTH. Mr. Speaker, we are going to give Ronald Reagan a great 
present for his birthday on Monday, and in the process, we will also be 
giving a great gift to the American people, because we are finally 
going to pass a line-item veto, an idea that Ronald Reagan championed 
more than anyone else.
  As usual, he was way ahead of his time. Say goodbye to studies on cow 
flatulence, say goodbye to Belgian endive research, and say goodbye to 
research on the sex lives of certain insects. Say hello to responsible 
government and accountability.
  If only the former majority had given Mr. Reagan the line-item veto 
in the first place, we might not be in this deficit mess. He could have 
used it to cut out some of the $219 billion in additional spending that 
the guardians of the old order added to his budget requests.
  But it is better late than never.
  Happy birthday, President Reagan, and this is your victory, and it is 
a victory for us all.

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