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Jim Kolbe: “The answer is ``yes.'' I guess I have a naive belief in market systems that there will be some passing on of that price.…”

On the recordJune 12, 1996
The answer is ``yes.'' I guess I have a naive belief in market systems that there will be some passing on of that price. And if the gentleman is correct about this being the floor, then why do we have to lower the quota 100,000 below the level of consumption?
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Jim Kolbe
Arizona

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Discussing market systems and quotas during a debate.

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