Speech #1050138569

At the close of the 104th Congress. the Committee on Rules was pleased to report to the House in its activity report that in the first year of existence of the unfunded mandate law. it could find no single instance in which it had waived the unfunded mandates point of order. not once. There were several instances in which the committee waived all points of order. but in those cases the committee was not aware of any CBO estimate of an unfunded mandate in the underlying legislation. In fact. in several prominent instances. such as the immigration reform bill. the committee waived all points of order except those arising under the unfunded mandate statute. Mr. Chairman. the Committee on Rules has an excellent track record of adherence to the principles of the unfunded mandates law in this 105th Congress as well.