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Lisa Murkowski: “I ask my learned colleague if he thinks that the constitutional matters are strictly in the realm of technical matters…”

On the recordSeptember 18, 1997
I ask my learned colleague if he thinks that the constitutional matters are strictly in the realm of technical matters and are of no consequence, which is what the Senator from Arkansas inferred? This is a constitutional point of order, is it not?
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Lisa Murkowski
Republican · Alaska

Editor's note · Context

Questioning the significance of constitutional matters during a Senate debate.

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