[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 153 (Wednesday, November 5, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S11788]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       FISCAL YEAR 1998 INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS CONFERENCE REPORT

 Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, on October 24, I submitted for the 
Record, a list of objectionable provisions in the fiscal year 1998 
Interior appropriations bill. Among the projects mentioned were three 
items which should not have been listed. They are as follows: $1.5 
million for the home energy rating system; $1 million for the 
weatherization assistance program; and $25,000 for State energy program 
grants.
  Mr. President, these three line items do not violate the criteria I 
use for determining low-priority, unnecessary, or wasteful spending 
that was not reviewed in the appropriate merit-based prioritization 
process. Unfortunately, these three items were inadvertently included 
on the list. I regret this error, and withdraw my recommendation that 
these items be line-item vetoed.

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