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Frank Lautenberg: “I rise to speak for the fourth time on the subject of unfunded mandates. I offer this amendment which is as simple as it…”

On the recordJanuary 25, 1995
I rise to speak for the fourth time on the subject of unfunded mandates. I offer this amendment which is as simple as it is compelling. I offer it because I believe that some laws are so important to the well-being of our citizens that regardless of whether the Federal Government fully pays for them, State and local governments should be required to implement them. The authors of this bill recognized this fundamental truth, and that is why they created exclusions to S. 1.
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Frank Lautenberg
Democratic · New Jersey
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Editor's note · Context

Discussing unfunded mandates and proposing an amendment during Senate floor debate.

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