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Bruce F. Vento: “I think this is one of the pitfalls with the legislation that we have before us. It sort of is the blame game in terms…”

On the recordJanuary 20, 1995
I think this is one of the pitfalls with the legislation that we have before us. It sort of is the blame game in terms of one unit of government, local, the county governments, and States blaming the other for the challenges and unpleasantness and dilemmas that they face. I think that is one of the problems inherent in this legislation that we have before us with regard to mandates. Inherent in this is some of that same aspect. I think, clearly as we deal with Federal law, as States deal with State law, as ordinances in counties deal with the various laws that they have, the issue is there has to be a consideration of the requirements, the expectations that we have, realistically at all of these levels. Quite candidly, as I had stated yesterday on the floor, I think too often the representation is one of confrontation rather than cooperation.
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Bruce F. Vento
Minnesota
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Addressing the challenges of federal mandates and intergovernmental relations in legislation.

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