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Mike Thompson: I have a question. It seems to me that we both agree that we have a bill that we do not like and that we have an…

On the recordMay 19, 1998
I have a question. It seems to me that we both agree that we have a bill that we do not like and that we have an arbitration provision in that bill that we do not like. That legislation has not passed yet. The Senator says we are doing all of these things--we might; we might not; that has not passed. Would it not be better for the Senator from Texas and me to join in trying to defeat that arbitration provision and trying to defeat that bill instead of adding to a bad provision an even worse provision that goes against our principles, that gets us involved in private litigation, and that causes people to have to send billing records up to the Judiciary Committee where we go through and try to justify some kind of an hourly rate?
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Mike Thompson
Democratic · California

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Discussing concerns over a bill and its arbitration provision.

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