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Dale Bumpers: The Senator will recall the distinguished Senator from Idaho, [Mr. Kempthorne], led the fight here to provide that the…

On the recordJuly 23, 1997
The Senator will recall the distinguished Senator from Idaho, [Mr. Kempthorne], led the fight here to provide that the Federal Government in the future must pay the States for any mandates we impose on them and for which we do not provide any money. I am asking the Senator, why doesn't this come under the category of a violation, as long as we required them to enforce the ``18-year-old'' prohibition, but we haven't given them any money? Why is that not a violation of the law we passed here prohibiting mandates on local jurisdictions without money?
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Dale Bumpers
Arkansas

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Questioning the enforcement of federal mandates without funding during a Senate debate.

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