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I suggest that we support Senator James' motion
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and take this paragraph, the sentence out of the paragraph
3.17, and we solve all these problems.
THE CHAIRMAN: Any Delegate desire to speak in
opposition to the amendment?
Delegate Gill.
DELEGATE GILL: I wish to speak in opposition to
the amendment*
THE CHAIRMAN: Proceed.
DELEGATE GILL: I think one of the main reasons
we all are down here, two of the main reasons we are all
down here, one, to strengthen the legislature, speaking of
the legislature, one, to strengthen the legislature itself,
and second, to make democracy a great democracy closer to ''
the people and one way to bring it closer to the people is
to let them have a part in it. So often, when major
committees decide wither or not to allow a piece of legis-
lation to come out of Committee, a Bill to come out of
Committee favorably or unfavorably, nobody knows wno voted
for what. People concerned are not visible, they are not
responsible, the people who are interested in wliatever the