[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 92 (Wednesday, June 7, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H5629]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          RECONSIDER THE VETO

  (Mr. HERGER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HERGER. Mr. Speaker, President Clinton has threatened to veto the 
disaster assistance package produced by the Congress.
  I urge the President to reconsider that threat.
  He should not sacrifice needed disaster assistance on the altar of 
domestic politics.
  If the President vetoes this bill, he stops aid to victims of the 
tragedy in Oklahoma.
  If the President vetoes this bill, he jeopardizes the peace process 
in the Middle East.
  If he vetoes this bill, the President stops funds from flowing to aid 
victims of the natural disasters in California.
  Mr. Speaker, if the President vetoes this bill, he allows $9 billion 
in unnecessary and wasteful spending to be spent.
  Apparently, the President has issued the veto threat because he wants 
to appear relevant to the legislative process. But vetoing this 
crucially important piece of legislation seems to me to be a 
destructive way to prove relevance.


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