Ruby May HADDEN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Otis R. BOWEN, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellant

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• recognizing that legislative history “‘is entitled to consideration” but the “weight given an item of legis- lative history” depends on circumstances
• little weight given to legislative history ‘that is not contemporaneous with the language’ at issue
• “The issue of whether the [trial] court relied on the correct legal standard . . . is a matter of law which we review de novo.”

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