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On the recordJuly 28, 2010
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself 30 seconds to make a brief comment. The gentleman from California just mentioned the 1986 law. We are not blaming anybody for what happened in 1986, but we have had years of experience and have determined that there is no justification for the 100-to-1 ratio. We know that's what we know now, and so we're not blaming anybody for what happened in 1986, but we are fixing what we have learned through years of experience. I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Ellison).
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Bobby Scott
Democratic · Virginia

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