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Sen. Bob Bennett and DoD official brief House on unfunded mandates, health care and WWII commemoration
Summary
U.S. Senator Bob Bennett addressed the Utah House on unfunded federal mandates, health care proposals and budget priorities; later Lieutenant General Claude Kicklighter described the Department of Defense's World War II 50th anniversary commemoration and Salt Lake City's role as a commemorative city.
Senator Bob Bennett spoke to the House Committee of the Whole about federal issues affecting Utah, emphasizing unfunded federal mandates, the prospects for national health care legislation, and fiscal priorities.
Bennett said his freshman colleagues found consensus on the harm of unfunded mandates and described an approach proposed by Senator Gregg that would require federal cost estimates and allow a point of order if a bill lacks one; he warned that unfunded mandates…
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