The Democrat Governor of Tennessee, before this bill was passed, called this the mother of all unfunded mandates. In other words, one thing State legislators hate is when we up here pass some piece of legislation which busts their budgets. Then they have to take the political hit for the fact that we're fiscally irresponsible and legislatively irresponsible. Now, is this a budget buster for a State?
The speaker is questioning the financial impact of a bill on state budgets.
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