[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 167 (Thursday, December 16, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H8523]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
REJECT THE OMNIBUS APPROPRIATIONS BILL
(Mr. FLAKE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1
minute.)
Mr. FLAKE. Mr. Speaker, when the Obama administration was faced with
a massive omnibus in January of 2009, the President stated that he had
to sign it because this is simply last year's business that he had no
part of. Well, he's going to face another omnibus this year. This was
all done under his watch by the Congress. It's not his fault, but he
has a veto pen and he should use it.
This omnibus that's going to come to the President is going to
contain more than 6,000 earmarks for things like a couple of hundred
thousand that was mentioned for maple syrup research or $500,000 for
biodiesel research from sewage-based biodiesel and thousands and
thousands of other earmarks like this.
The President recently said: I agree with those Republican and
Democrat Members of Congress who have recently said that, in these
challenging days, we simply can't afford what are called earmarks.
Well, Mr. President, please make good on that statement. Veto this
omnibus bill coming. Better yet, convince your colleagues in the House
and the Senate to reject it before it comes to the floor.
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