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Larry Combest: “You would make the adjustments into the future if, in fact, you bumped the limit. That is what the trigger mechanism is.…”

On the recordOctober 4, 2001
You would make the adjustments into the future if, in fact, you bumped the limit. That is what the trigger mechanism is. I again oppose the amendment. I think it is totally unworkable.
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Larry Combest
Texas

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Opposing an amendment related to a trigger mechanism in a legislative discussion.

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