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Pete Stark: I cannot quite understand what it is here that he is asking us to do today. For instance, in his waivers he is asking to…

On the recordJune 6, 1996
I cannot quite understand what it is here that he is asking us to do today. For instance, in his waivers he is asking to waive fair hearing rights. Can he explain to me what fair hearing rights he wants to waive? What fair hearing rights does the gentleman from Wisconsin [Mr. Neumann] want to waive here?
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Pete Stark
California

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Questioning the waiver of fair hearing rights during a debate.

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