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Charles W. Stenholm: “I believe it is in fact the amendment that we are considering today, Mr. Chairman. Also, we have heard a lot of other, I…”

On the recordMarch 19, 1996
I believe it is in fact the amendment that we are considering today, Mr. Chairman. Also, we have heard a lot of other, I believe, well-intended but misinformed information concerning the cost of the technology that we are talking about on the particular card. We will be glad to provide the additional information as to the true cost of the technology involved in making this as counterfeit-proof as possible. Nothing is totally, counterfeit-proof, that is not technologically possible, but we can do a lot better job. I do not understand how my colleagues can argue that we should not do the best we possibly can in solving the problem.
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Discussing the amendment related to technology costs and counterfeit-proofing.

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