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Barbara Boxer: regardless of the vote on final passage of this bill, I think you ought to think about why it is important to commit…

On the recordMarch 12, 2003
regardless of the vote on final passage of this bill, I think you ought to think about why it is important to commit this bill to the Judiciary Committee. Since we last debated this bill, the Supreme Court has ruled that an identical bill is unconstitutional based on two principles that I have here behind me.
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Barbara Boxer
Democratic · California

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Discussing the importance of committing a bill to the Judiciary Committee in light of a Supreme Court ruling.

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