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On the recordJune 24, 2009
But you suggest, or I believe you state in your testimony that this bill is so vaguely worded that all rape cases could be covered by this statute, making a monumental change in Federal law.
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Jeff Sessions
Republican · Alabama

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Sessions critiques the vagueness of the proposed bill regarding rape cases.

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