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Mike Thompson: This is very good, if I may respond. We did indeed talk about this. I was interested to see whether or not it was your…

On the recordApril 26, 2001
This is very good, if I may respond. We did indeed talk about this. I was interested to see whether or not it was your view that this provision you just described did in effect override what I just read. If so--and I ask the Senator if he will agree with me--are these pages I have been discussing with regard to criteria for Presidential set-aside under 212--does that not make those requirements under 212 superfluous or irrelevant, and in what case would 212 apply when the enhanced controls provision would not apply?
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Mike Thompson
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the implications of a provision related to Presidential set-aside criteria.

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