If, in fact, one of the reasons for this bill is to encourage more chapter 13 filings, I think that is really not a reason to do it. We are getting plenty of that. As I indicated, the chapter 13 filings are going sky high. I mentioned that the number of filing--the first year I gave was 1983, there were 92,000 filings. In 1992, we had 266,000 chapter 13 filings.
Discussing chapter 13 bankruptcy filings during debate on a related bill.
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