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John Tanner: “I ask the gentleman from Pennsylvania again, would he accept an amendment to my amendment to perform standards-related…”

On the recordOctober 12, 1995
I ask the gentleman from Pennsylvania again, would he accept an amendment to my amendment to perform standards-related research? He said in the well a minute ago that is what NIST should be doing, and we are perfectly willing to say that in these 4 areas. This report language is very troubling to us.
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John Tanner
Tennessee

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Discussing amendments related to standards-related research during a legislative debate.

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