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Porter Goss: “I did not want to put words in the mouth of the gentleman from Hawaii. What I heard him say, I thought, was that we need…”

On the recordApril 30, 1996
I did not want to put words in the mouth of the gentleman from Hawaii. What I heard him say, I thought, was that we need to deal with the job dislocation in this matter. I think that is a fine sentiment. We have something called private enterprise in this country and opportunity that seems to work very well. I would like to know if the gentleman wants to supplement that with some additional subsidy from the taxpayers for these workers, which is what I thought the intent of the gentleman's remarks were.
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Porter Goss
Florida

Editor's note · Context

Discussing job dislocation and potential taxpayer subsidies during a debate.

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