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On the recordJune 25, 2001
That kind of unintended consequence is exactly what we want to avoid. The issues the Senator from Virginia is discussing in this colloquy are the same kinds of issues that have been addressed by employers to us and my colleagues who are working to try to fashion language to solve the problem the Senator raises and the problem raised in the earlier example and to make sure, for an employer that has improperly been brought into a case--if they have been brought into a case and they don't belong in the case, we provide a mechanism, a procedural mechanism that they can get out of the case so they don't get dragged through a court proceeding when they don't belong there. Those are the kinds of issues that need to be addressed, that we are attempting to address, and I believe we will find a solution to, consistent with the principle the President has laid out and the principle in which we believe.
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John Bel Edwards
Democratic · Louisiana

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Discussing the need for procedural mechanisms to protect employers in legal cases.

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