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Jeff Sessions: “I do know that Congress felt that the statute was not artfully drawn and rewrote it so it would be clear.”

On the recordJune 30, 2010
I do know that Congress felt that the statute was not artfully drawn and rewrote it so it would be clear.
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Jeff Sessions
Republican · Alabama

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Sessions comments on Congress's intent to clarify a poorly drafted statute.

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