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Dan Burton: “During the debate to which the gentleman from West Virginia [Mr. Mollohan] refers, it was made very clear that many…”

On the recordJuly 23, 1996
During the debate to which the gentleman from West Virginia [Mr. Mollohan] refers, it was made very clear that many legal services corporations that did not want to abide by the new rules were forming shell corporations to get around that, so they could still involve themselves in social issues rather than really dealing with the problems of the poor. That is a fact, and I wanted to clarify that point. I think the gentleman for yielding.
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Dan Burton
Indiana

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Addressing concerns about legal services corporations during a debate.

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