On the recordSeptember 11, 1996
I suggest that we have been in the 104th Congress for 2 years. This legislation was introduced in the House some time ago. It would have been useful to us here in the U.S. Senate if this legislation had been before us prior to July 31. We would then have had time to hold committee hearings, which I think would have enabled us to make some corrections or additions or changes and to understand better the consequences of all the steps toward the goals we do support. I think it is not fair to say all of a sudden that, because a bill introduced right before the August recess has not yet been considered, that means it is something we do not care about. There was time in which the process could have moved forward, had the bill been introduced earlier.
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