Speech #1040170201

So for those reasons. not spending enough on lower priority programs. a dispute over who gets credit for putting more police on the streets. the President has vetoed the bill. the biggest crime fighting appropriation in the Nations history. putting at risk the jobs of some 200.000 Federal employees. I wish the President would get over this pique. this political pique. We are not asking him to vacate Air Force One by the rear door. All we are saying is sign this bill. we sent you a good one. Every day these crime fighting funds are delayed because of the Presidents veto is a day wasted in the fight against violent crime. drugs. illegal immigration. and violence against women. I regret the Presidents veto. I regret the fact that the White House never saw fit to sit down with us to try to work out an acceptable bill.