William Clinger said "Reclaiming my time, the problem is there are many Members who want exemptions from this legislation for a variety of reasons and they are all concerned about the implication of this act on it. But if we exempt everybody's concerns, we will have basically exempted the entire, all of the legislation from the impact of this legislation. I think none of these programs should be exempt from a consideration of what are the costs that are being imposed. It may well be that the concerns that the gentleman has raised rise to a level where the mandates should indeed be passed throughout the funding, because it is of such overwhelming concern. But I do not think we should exempt anybody from a honest analysis of what are the costs involved. We are not saying we are going to prohibit this; we are just saying it needs to be considered." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordJanuary 20, 1995

Reclaiming my time, the problem is there are many Members who want exemptions from this legislation for a variety of reasons and they are all concerned about the implication of this act on it. But if we exempt everybody's concerns, we will have basically exempted the entire, all of the legislation from the impact of this legislation. I think none of these programs should be exempt from a consideration of what are the costs that are being imposed. It may well be that the concerns that the gentleman has raised rise to a level where the mandates should indeed be passed throughout the funding, because it is of such overwhelming concern. But I do not think we should exempt anybody from a honest analysis of what are the costs involved. We are not saying we are going to prohibit this; we are just saying it needs to be considered.

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William Clinger

Republican · Pennsylvania

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the implications of exemptions in proposed legislation.

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