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legislation has ever, in my opinion, caused us to lose
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much time is sometimes on the floor of the House when
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they will get wrangling over a local bill.
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SENATOR HUGHES: There is a much more greater
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problem with that in metropolitan counties.
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DELEGATE EMANUEL: The point is I can't attend
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a meeting of the legislature, if I have to go to a local
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committee meeting and --
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THE CHAIRMAN: Your feeling is local legis-
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lation, if that were eliminated, the time would be
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sufficient?
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DELEGATE EMANUEL: Yes.
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MR. CLAGETT: How much time is taken up in
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local legislation now?
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DELEGATE HANDEL: It depends on what you are
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talking about, depending on what -- Prince George's County
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will meet 11 o'clock at night or 7 o'clock in the morning,
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because they have so many local problems, but that
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doesn't interfere with the operation of the legislature
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itself. It interferes with the operation of the local
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delegation. The legislature continues to operate in a
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