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David Skaggs: “If all the gentleman is concerned about is that they are getting into the kinds of cases the gentleman does not like and…”

On the recordSeptember 26, 1997
If all the gentleman is concerned about is that they are getting into the kinds of cases the gentleman does not like and that are proscribed, why do we not limit the gentleman's amendment to making sure they have available at the local level an accounting for the kinds of lawsuits being brought, to see whether any of those violate the restrictions? Why does the gentleman need this other information that will be costly and burdensome for the local legal services operations to put together?
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David Skaggs
Colorado

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Discussing the implications of an amendment related to local legal services and lawsuit tracking.

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