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Jeff Bingaman: I understand that. But I am just saying that if a reporting committee, if the Commerce Committee determined that there…

On the recordJanuary 12, 1995
I understand that. But I am just saying that if a reporting committee, if the Commerce Committee determined that there was a compelling national interest for us to have metal detectors at our airports around the country and that the appropriate sharing of cost was 90 percent by the Federal Government, 10 percent by the person who owns the airport--and clearly we should require them to get the report as to what this is going to cost, what it is going to cost States and localities, what it is going to cost everybody up and down the line. But once they get that information, if they still believe there is a compelling national interest, should they have to, when they bring that bill to the floor, face the statutory provision you are putting here which says it is out of order to consider this bill?
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Jeff Bingaman
Democratic · New Mexico

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Discussing the implications of a statutory provision on airport security funding.

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