[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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