[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 153 (Wednesday, November 5, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H9999]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




WOULD MEMBERS GIVE FAST TRACK AUTHORITY TO A PRESIDENT THEY SAY CANNOT 
                              BE TRUSTED?

  (Mr. TAYLOR of Mississippi asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TAYLOR of Mississippi. Mr. Speaker, my two previous colleagues 
stressed the importance of consistency in statesmanship. I am going to 
agree. For the past 6 years folks on this side of the aisle in 
particular have been saying that Bill Clinton could not be trusted, on 
a daily and almost hourly basis.
  Well, if they really feel that way, I hope they will stick to their 
guns, because within the next week we will be called upon as 
Congressmen to give away our constitutionally mandated duty, given to 
us in article 1, section 8, clause 3 of the Constitution, to regulate 
commerce with foreign nations. Fast track will take that authority from 
Congress and give it to a President that they say cannot be trusted.
  If Members really think he cannot be trusted, then do not give him 
our responsibilities. Under no circumstances should Congress be giving 
away our constitutionally-mandated duties. This is the highest law of 
the land. I would encourage all of us to live by it.

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