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Christopher Shays: I yield myself 1 minute to say to the distinguished gentleman, he is just dead wrong. He is dead wrong about what he has…

On the recordFebruary 13, 2002
I yield myself 1 minute to say to the distinguished gentleman, he is just dead wrong. He is dead wrong about what he has said. First, this bill was not brought in at the midnight hour. That is just simply inaccurate. He is simply inaccurate about somehow that this is a sly thing to have the bill take effect in November. No, the reason why it is taking effect in November is that we have had 16 months already pass. Sixteen months have already passed. And so it becomes extraordinarily difficult to implement a bill in which 16 months have passed.
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Christopher Shays
Connecticut

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Addressing inaccuracies regarding the timing and implementation of a bill.

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