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On the recordMarch 20, 2003
I think if you are, as you are, quite sincerely proposing that this Rule go forward and it be enforced, then we also have the responsibility to request the resources and the authority and the personnel to enforce it.
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Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Senator Reed emphasizes the need for resources to enforce proposed regulations.

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