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Norman D. Dicks: “then the litigants go after the people doing the work, saying they are not acting in good faith, and then they have to…”

On the recordJuly 17, 2002
then the litigants go after the people doing the work, saying they are not acting in good faith, and then they have to be recused, subject to litigation, personal liability, I might add, which we have tried to take care of in this bill. This thing is broken; and somehow all the people that are here today expressing their wonderful concern, there is going to be a tomorrow, and we will see if anybody really wants to stand up with the majority side obviously having to be involved and work on this. This has to be done. We have got to get something done here.
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Addressing concerns about litigation and accountability in a proposed bill.

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