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Neil Abercrombie: I do not think that we would resolve that particular dispute today. Suffice to say that Mr. Thornberry has raised the…

On the recordApril 30, 1996
I do not think that we would resolve that particular dispute today. Suffice to say that Mr. Thornberry has raised the issue as to whether the formula is so exact in this bill that it needs no further consideration, and I think his contention is that it should receive at least another good look before it passes into a final form to be presented to the President for signature. I think that, at a minimum, we deserve at least another look and I think that that opportunity exists in the other body.
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Neil Abercrombie
Hawaii

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Discussing the need for further review of a bill before it is finalized.

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