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On the recordSeptember 15, 1995
if I can can respond to the Senator from Florida, what it says is that the Secretary shall consult with the States and establish a goal. It does not say what that goal is. It could be 2 percent. It could be 5 percent. It does not say anything about any kind of goal of 35 or 50 percent, which is what this bill does. You make it all arbitrary.
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Rick Santorum
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Discussing the lack of specific goals in a legislative bill during Senate debate.

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