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Dan Burton: “The bottom line is that more detailed information gives us more of an oversight of the actual operation of the local LSC…”

On the recordSeptember 26, 1997
The bottom line is that more detailed information gives us more of an oversight of the actual operation of the local LSC that may be in violation of the current statutes that we pass here in the Congress, and we know those exist.
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Dan Burton
Indiana

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Discussing the need for oversight of local Legal Services Corporation operations.

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