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Harold Volkmer: what I understand from all this debate and the Towns amendment and also the one that preceded it by the gentleman from…

On the recordJanuary 20, 1995
what I understand from all this debate and the Towns amendment and also the one that preceded it by the gentleman from Mississippi especially is that it appears to me that this legislation, although well-intended, and having a good goal and a good purpose, still has, like the gentleman says, unintended consequences potentially within it. That concerns me, that there has not been really sufficient development in this legislation. What I mean by development is I would like to ask the gentleman what various agencies of the Federal Government or of any State government came and testified on this legislation.
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Harold Volkmer
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Discussing concerns about unintended consequences in proposed legislation.

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