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Dale Bumpers: I agree totally with that statement. As I think of those words and the author, I cannot help but wonder what Hubert…

On the recordSeptember 12, 1995
I agree totally with that statement. As I think of those words and the author, I cannot help but wonder what Hubert Humphrey would think about a bill that said, ``If you are rich and affluent, we will make you more affluent; and if you are poor, we will punish you and make sure those in poverty stay in poverty.'' Well, even the people in the U.S. Senate would take strong exception to that if they believed that was our philosophy or that was what we were about to do. Mr. President, that is exactly what this bill does.
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Dale Bumpers
Arkansas

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Addressing the implications of a bill regarding wealth and poverty during Senate debate.

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