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John Spratt: “This morning we passed a resolution renouncing the fees, but the Kasich bill has $8 to $10 billion in new user fees, $7…”

On the recordJune 5, 1998
This morning we passed a resolution renouncing the fees, but the Kasich bill has $8 to $10 billion in new user fees, $7 in all, in it. Presumably they are not going to repudiate their principle and impose user fees of their own when they have denounced the President for doing it.
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John Spratt
South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Discussing user fees in relation to the Kasich bill and a recent resolution.

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