reclaiming my time, they said do not do this anymore; we will quit doing it. Nobody paid a fine. Nobody was penalized. Nobody lost a job. That is just amazing. It is like you break the law and do something untoward and just do not do it again, please, even though 700,000 American taxpayer dollars were flushed down the toilet. It is pretty amazing. It is not exactly law, and I yield to my friend from Louisiana.
On the recordMarch 1, 2005
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