Dirk Kempthorne said "Again, there is a point I would like to make, Mr. President. The Senator stated that this locks us in. There is nothing to preclude that in a subsequent year as we find that perhaps, now, based on actual cost, those costs have changed. It is no longer based on estimate but actual cost; that Congress can revisit that, because in keeping with the spirit of what the Senator from West Virginia has said, Congress speaks. We do not delegate. This might cause us to revisit the mandates a little more often than every 5, 10, 20 years, which is welcome news to our State and local partners." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordJanuary 18, 1995

Again, there is a point I would like to make, Mr. President. The Senator stated that this locks us in. There is nothing to preclude that in a subsequent year as we find that perhaps, now, based on actual cost, those costs have changed. It is no longer based on estimate but actual cost; that Congress can revisit that, because in keeping with the spirit of what the Senator from West Virginia has said, Congress speaks. We do not delegate. This might cause us to revisit the mandates a little more often than every 5, 10, 20 years, which is welcome news to our State and local partners.

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Dirk Kempthorne

Idaho

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the flexibility of Congress in revisiting mandates based on actual costs.

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