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Bob Wise: “Mr. Chairman, the gentleman made several claims about the Wise amendment which concern me, because I do not think that…”

On the recordMarch 17, 1994
Mr. Chairman, the gentleman made several claims about the Wise amendment which concern me, because I do not think that it is either the intent or actually in the amendment. The gentleman said that, for instance, it could be permitted to be waived by a simple majority vote. That is true. But is the gentleman aware that there are only two conditions under which that applies, either wartime or military conflict, or the recession defined as two quarters of negative growth, only two instances, not the overall instances that all the other amendments including the Stenholm can be waived by 60 percent? Is the gentleman aware of that?
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Bob Wise
West Virginia
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Addressing claims about the Wise amendment during a committee discussion.

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