[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 23 (Monday, February 6, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H1219]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                        PASS THE LINE-ITEM VETO

  (Mr. EVERETT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute, and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. EVERETT. Mr. Speaker, in a speech to the City Club of Cleveland a 
little over 7 years ago, former President Ronald Reagan had this to say 
about the line-item veto: ``No President should be faced with the all-
or-nothing proposition. The time is here for giving the President the 
same thing that 43 Governors have--a line-item veto.''
  Mr. Speaker, the Contract with America calls for a vote on the line-
item veto. Hopefully this measure will pass with the same measure of 
bipartisan support that unfunded mandates did.
  President Reagan was right 7 years ago and his words are true today.
  Republicans are working hard to deliver on our promise to the 
American people to give the President a tool to help fight waste and 
redundancies in the Federal budget.

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