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Jay Rockefeller: I simply, as a member of the Finance Committee, wanted to go on record as saying that the nondiscrimination aspect--this…

On the recordApril 18, 1996
I simply, as a member of the Finance Committee, wanted to go on record as saying that the nondiscrimination aspect--this is not just racial, but we are talking just about the higher employer as opposed to the lowest employer--that nondiscrimination be done in the usual, customary, and effective manner for the tax preferential long-term care matters that we are now discussing.
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Jay Rockefeller
Democratic · West Virginia

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Addressing nondiscrimination in long-term care during Senate floor debate.

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