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President Meets with Governors on Line-Item Veto
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For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
June 8, 2006

President Meets with Governors on Line-Item Veto
The Roosevelt Room

President's Remarks view


10:50 A.M. EDT

THE PRESIDENT: I appreciate some of our nation's finest governors joining
us today. We talked about a couple of things. The first thing I did was
bring the governors up-to-date on recent successes we've had in Iraq; I
talked about my discussion with Prime Minister Maliki, about the fact that
he's completed his cabinet. I also told them that I had talked to our
commanders and congratulated them on bringing Mr. Zarqawi to justice.

I thanked our governors for being such strong commanders-in-chief. I hope
they take a message back to their respective Guard units how much our
country appreciates their service, and I hope they also take the message
back that we appreciate the service of their families.

We also talked about fiscal discipline, how the executive branch can have
certain tools to work with the legislative branch to make sure that they're
-- responsible spending. Every one of these governors have got a line-item
veto, and they've used it wisely, and they shared their experiences with
me. And the reason they did so is because we're urging Congress to give
this President and future Presidents the opportunity to be able to have
what is very much similar to a line-item veto. And the American people
expect their money to be spent wisely. The President needs to have a tool
to be able to work with the Congress so that that money is spent wisely.

I appreciate the support of both Republicans and Democrats on the Hill in
supporting the bill that we've submitted. I urge the Congress to pass this
type of legislation so that we can work together to get our deficit cut in
half by 2009, but, more importantly, assure the American people that we're
being wise about how we use their money.

I thank you all very much. Thank you all for coming, I appreciate it.

END 10:52 A.M. EDT

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