[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 134 (Thursday, October 20, 2005)]
[House]
[Page H8989]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          H.R. 3966, SLICE ACT

  (Mr. UDALL of Colorado asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. UDALL of Colorado. Mr. Speaker, we need to change our budget 
policies. We should use the better, the fairer, and the more bipartisan 
approach to spending cuts that would come from passing H.R. 3966. That 
is a bill I introduced with the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Chabot), the 
gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Flake), and the gentlewoman from Colorado 
(Mrs. Musgrave).
  It is called the Stimulating Leadership and Cutting Expenditures Act, 
or SLICE for short. SLICE would require an up-or-down vote on each 
specific cut the President proposes in the recently passed 
transportation bill and current appropriations bills. It is a workable 
and constitutional alternative to the line item veto designed to enable 
Presidential leadership and require congressional accountability.
  Mr. Speaker, before we cut critical health care, education and other 
programs that help working Americans, let us work in a bipartisan way 
to consider other cuts. Let us pass H.R. 3966 and slice the budget the 
right way.

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