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Barbara Boxer: “I want to make a point. It is a very subtle point to make. But by discussing minute after minute these special…”

On the recordJune 10, 1999
I want to make a point. It is a very subtle point to make. But by discussing minute after minute these special protections that go beyond the fair protections that I believe are warranted--and, by the way, my friend from Oregon made this a much better bill; I give him tremendous credit for that--but in my view, they still have special protection that, frankly, the greatest business in the world does not really need to have, because they are good people, because they are making the fixes, because their future depends upon how the consumer rates them.
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Barbara Boxer
Democratic · California

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Discussing special protections in a legislative bill during Senate floor debate.

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