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the shoe on the wrong foot. It seems to me amendment

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24 will require the legislature to act by law to deny the

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right to know in certain instances. It will put the

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legislature under intense pressure because what they will

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have to do is to act affirmatively to deny the right

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to know in certain instances.

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I don't think that kind of pressure ought to be

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put on the legislature. I think the proper thing to do

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is to expect the legislature to act affirmatively to

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grant the right to know in those instances where it is

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proper.

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I urge you to support amendment 24 -A.

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THE CHAIRMAN: The time for debate having

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expired, the question will first arise on the adoption

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of amendment 24-A as a substitute for amendment 24.

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The Chair will then thereafter submit to you

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either amendment 24, or amendment 24-A, if it has been

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substituted for 24, for final action.

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In either event, there will be two votes.

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The Clerk will ring the quorum bell.

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The question arises upon the adoption of