On the recordOctober 4, 2001
I do think that it is time that we start looking at whether or not we need a Federal order system, whether the Federal Government should be involved at all, because if we are going to adopt a number of compacts, if we are going to have these state-run systems, quite frankly, the Federal taxpayer should not be the one who has to absorb the mistakes of all of these systems. If that is the direction we are going to go, if Congress in its infinite wisdom decides we are going to allow compacts and we are going to allow States to adopt their own system, then the Federal taxpayer should not be expected to bail them out when they make a mistake. So I will work with the gentleman. We will work toward putting a bill together that tries to accomplish that. We will hold hearings on it, and we will open the debate and allow the Congress to work its will.
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