[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 23 (Monday, February 6, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H1221]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


         RESTORE SANITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY TO FEDERAL SPENDING

  (Mr. HUTCHINSON asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HUTCHINSON. Mr. Speaker, here is a list of good reasons why the 
line-item veto must be passed:
  A $58 million bailout of George Steinbrenner's shipbuilding company; 
$15 million for never-authorized courthouses which were opposed by the 
Federal judges whom they were built for; $11.5 million to upgrade a 
powerplant for the soon-to-be-closed Philadelphia Naval Shipyard; and 
$35 million to eradicate screwworms in Mexico.
  It is time to end the spending sprees and get off the pork-barrel 
merry-go-round. The American people are watching and they are demanding 
greater accountability in the budget process. We should pass the line-
item veto with the same bipartisan majorities that the unfunded 
mandates and the balanced budget amendment had.
  Mr. Speaker, the line-item veto is a no-brainer. We need it; the 
American people want it. And we should act now to restore sanity and 
accountability to Federal spending.

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