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Bob Wise: I agree if the gentleman's amendment passes, that will be X amount of jobs that will not be created. The gentleman will…

On the recordAugust 4, 1998
I agree if the gentleman's amendment passes, that will be X amount of jobs that will not be created. The gentleman will want to put it into drug courts. I am trying to keep people out of drug courts by giving them a job in the first place.
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Bob Wise
West Virginia

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Discussing the impact of an amendment on job creation and drug courts.

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