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John Bel Edwards: “I do believe we need to provide the kind of support and help for the high-tech community in this country that it so…”

On the recordApril 28, 1999
I do believe we need to provide the kind of support and help for the high-tech community in this country that it so richly deserves. It is a critical issue not only in Oregon but also in North Carolina. My problem is that I don't think this bill strikes a proper balance. I think it fails to do so in a number of ways. First, I think there is an enormous problem in doing at least one of the things that this bill does, which is to relieve, in some ways, businesses and corporations from accountability or responsibility, particularly in a day and age when we as Americans are saying to our children, to our families, that they need to be responsible for what they do. We need to be personally responsible and accountable for everything we do.
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John Bel Edwards
Democratic · Louisiana

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Discussing concerns about a bill related to support for the high-tech community.

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