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which will then adopt. Our committees, too, serve a
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little different function than your committees because
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while ultimately they will adopt specific language and
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submit it to the full Commission, at the moment they are
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gatherers of facts and views to present to the full
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Commission and to embody hopefully in a series of mono-
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graphs that will preserve for the use of the public and
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the use of the Constitutional Convention ultimately the
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views of all groups that are interested in the various
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aspects of the Constitution.
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So that we do not always have a court reporter
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present at these sessions, simply because our budget does
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not permit it. We regard this session with you as im-
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portant enough to go to the expense of having a court
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reporter, so that we can see that every member of the
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Commission has a written record of what he has said
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tonight for study and consideration. In addition to
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that, of course, the members of the Committee who are
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here tonight will have the opportunity to exchange views
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with you, but more importantly, and this is the real
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purpose of it, is to elicit your views on some of the
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