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On the recordSeptember 27, 1996
It is outrageous, it is outrageous that we even have to deal with this issue this way, because it is nothing more than a technical correction. Indeed, if we were the ones who were involved in putting something in here which inadvertently hurt labor, we would be down there in the well saying it should be taken out. We think it is fundamentally wrong, it is outrageous that this issue is even contentious, because this is nothing more than a technical fix. In the gentleman's heart of heart, he knows it.
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Bill Shuster
Pennsylvania

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Addressing the contentious nature of a technical correction affecting labor.

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