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Howell Heflin: “My fear is that this is subject to legislative definition. If it is subject to legislative definition, then we can have…”

On the recordFebruary 28, 1994
My fear is that this is subject to legislative definition. If it is subject to legislative definition, then we can have a broad group of expenditures that would come under the category of capital investments. If it is in any way related to affect something that is fixed or of a capital nature, it allows for a lot of leeway, and I am fearful that it would be subject to a loophole. How can we, in effect, close that loophole if it be such a loophole?
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Howell Heflin
Democratic · Alabama

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Heflin expresses concerns about potential loopholes in legislative definitions related to capital investments.

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