Dirk Kempthorne said "I believe, I say to the Senator, that if S. 1 were in place right now, this would be the process that would help, for example, the Senator from California in dealing with what may be further Federal mandates where there are costs imposed on the States under that title of immigration. This is a process before we cast our vote. Because, the Senator is well aware of how many times, when we have a 15-minute rollcall vote, we will go down there and we may confer with one another during those 15 minutes and we will ask, ``Is there a mandate in here?'' That is the extent of the knowledge we have today. This is going to give us a process so that we will know that there is a mandate or there is not. We will know the cost of it. We will know the impact on both the public and private sector. And we will know that information up front before we cast our vote." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordJanuary 17, 1995

I believe, I say to the Senator, that if S. 1 were in place right now, this would be the process that would help, for example, the Senator from California in dealing with what may be further Federal mandates where there are costs imposed on the States under that title of immigration. This is a process before we cast our vote. Because, the Senator is well aware of how many times, when we have a 15-minute rollcall vote, we will go down there and we may confer with one another during those 15 minutes and we will ask, ``Is there a mandate in here?'' That is the extent of the knowledge we have today. This is going to give us a process so that we will know that there is a mandate or there is not. We will know the cost of it. We will know the impact on both the public and private sector. And we will know that information up front before we cast our vote.

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Dirk Kempthorne

Idaho

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the importance of S. 1 in providing information on federal mandates before congressional votes.

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