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Ron Klink: “I will tell Members that while the bill that we are taking up here, this conference report, is certainly far from what…”

On the recordFebruary 1, 1996
I will tell Members that while the bill that we are taking up here, this conference report, is certainly far from what this Member of Congress would call ideal, I will support this bill. I think that we have now seen how the process is supposed to work, how we are supposed to have give-and-take, we are supposed to hear from industry groups who have concerns. The good Lord knows we all heard from industry groups and from consumer groups. I would have to think that in my brief period here in this Congress, this is the most lobbied piece of legislation certainly that I have seen. I hope it is the most lobbied piece I will ever see. I do not want anybody to try and break these records.
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Ron Klink
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Discussing support for a conference report on a bill in the House.

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