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MR. KENTNER: I am glad to be here. I am a

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special assistant to Congressman Callan from the First

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District of Nebraska. I came at the invitation of

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Professor Graves who is a friend of many minutes; we met

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for the first time this Horning. I would also bring

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greetings from the country which gets a great deal of

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snow during the wintertime. It is sort of like home now.

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Down to business.

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My position, as far as unicameralism vs.

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bicameralism is concerned, I think could best be described,

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as a Nebraskan unicameralist, I think unicameralism has

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served Nebraska well. I am not too worried about whether

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other states copy us or not. I think that by and large

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most any bicameral can do or can serve a state as well as

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the unicameral has served Nebraska. So, I am sort of dis-

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interested here.

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There were several points that were brought up

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earlier to which I would like to direct some attention.

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First of all, Dr. Bard was commenting that the lobbyists

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seem to be very active in the unicameral sessions and he

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mentioned specifically the fact that they seem particularly