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Willie Hefner: “For my own clarification, under ordinary circumstances, something of this magnitude, what would the process be? What…”

On the recordJune 6, 1996
For my own clarification, under ordinary circumstances, something of this magnitude, what would the process be? What committee would it go to that we would have hearings where everybody could talk about it, we could have witnesses or what have we, and the public would know exactly what we are voting on? Because I am not familiar with the welfare situation in Wisconsin. I am aware of some it in North Carolina. We have had some waivers, and the Governor has put in some changes in the welfare program. What would be the process that we would go through under ordinary circumstances if this was not a dire emergency that we had to get done this week? What would be the process?
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Willie Hefner
Democratic · North Carolina

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Questioning the legislative process for welfare changes during a discussion on urgent policy decisions.

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