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Gerald Kleczka: “Let me try to bring the debate back to the issue here. The issue before us is not to rehash or redo the State…”

On the recordJune 6, 1996
Let me try to bring the debate back to the issue here. The issue before us is not to rehash or redo the State legislative enactment; that is the law of the land in the State of Wisconsin. What we are trying to do here, what we are talking about is process. There is a process for when States ask for waivers. Like it or not, that is the process that has been used. So, what the Republican proposal today does is cut out the public's input into this process. Do not give me this baloney about the bureaucrats and everything else. The 30 days is so the public, and I will give you some of the names who have asked for this opportunity from Wisconsin and from out of Wisconsin, but they just want an opportunity to be heard. Why are we cutting that out? What do we have to fear?
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Gerald Kleczka
Wisconsin
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Addressing the importance of public input in the waiver process during a debate.

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