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Tom Harkin: “I have just read it. It would provide that it is the sense of the Congress that we should not enact legislation to…”

On the recordJanuary 10, 1995
I have just read it. It would provide that it is the sense of the Congress that we should not enact legislation to increase the number of children who are hungry or homeless. And then, if I might direct a question to the Senator from Minnesota, the amendment also states that any bill or joint resolution coming before the Senate or the House should contain an analysis of the probable impact of the bill or resolution on children, including the impact on the number of children who are hungry or homeless. Let me just be sure I understand this amendment. What the Senator is saying in his amendment is, prior to any bill coming here, that there ought to be a report filed with it detailing, or outlining, I should say, its probable impact regarding whether it would increase the number of children who are either hungry or homeless or both.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa
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Discussing an amendment related to child hunger and homelessness during Senate floor debate.

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