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Jeff Bingaman: “I just do not know that I like the idea of putting in law a statement that it is out of order for us to consider the…”

On the recordJanuary 12, 1995
I just do not know that I like the idea of putting in law a statement that it is out of order for us to consider the bill. I think it might be appropriate to say, if they get the studies done, if they determine and they say in their report that there is a compelling national interest that requires this to happen, then the Senate can agree or disagree and the Senate can say we do not believe it. We think this has to be amended; the Federal Government should pay 100 percent, not just 90 percent. That is what ought to happen in the debate on the bill. It should not be procedurally inappropriate or wrong for the Congress to consider legislation that imposes some share of the cost on State and local government in some instances where there is a compelling national interest, it seems to me.
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Jeff Bingaman
Democratic · New Mexico
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Discussing the appropriateness of legislative procedures regarding a specific bill.

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