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George Miller: the gentleman knows my first preference was to remove the exemption from the legislation. We were then asked technically…

On the recordJuly 15, 1998
the gentleman knows my first preference was to remove the exemption from the legislation. We were then asked technically on how you would do it if you were going to do it the way you wanted to do it, and we said that is how you would do it the way you wanted to do it. Our first preference was to take it out of the bill, as recommended by the administration and others.
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George Miller
Democratic · California

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Discussing preferences regarding exemptions in proposed legislation.

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