03/19/2009
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"Indeed, it is against the interests of every member sitting up here to have their own residents not counted"
"the rationale given by my colleagues had been contrived and incongruent with what the record reviews"
"Excluding the District from the definition of state merely because it is not located in an area with a timber industry runs counter to the clear intent of the Act."
"I appreciate your allowing me to testify today, and I look forward to working with you to enact this bill."