[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 11872]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




          HOUSE REPUBLICANS FIGHT AGAINST PORK BARREL SPENDING

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, when Members of Congress 
propose ways to spend American tax dollars, we should be held publicly 
accountable for our requests. This week, House Republicans will take 
another important step to eliminate excessive spending from the Federal 
budget process.
  Congress has a strong leader for fiscal responsibility with 
Congressman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, who has proposed a positive way to 
bring increased transparency and accountability to our budget process. 
By granting President Bush the authority to single out individual 
spending items in the legislation, the Legislative Line Item Veto Act 
will help target wasteful and unnecessary spending. This legislation 
would enable the President to strike spending from a piece of 
legislation and would require Congress to hold an up-or-down vote on 
the spending within 14 legislative days.
  Passing this bill will send a strong statement that the power of the 
purse does not provide permission for pork barrel spending.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops, and we will never forget 
September 11.

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