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Barbara Boxer: “It is prospective. Our amendment makes it prospective, but it says to the folks here, ``We are not going to change your…”

On the recordJuly 19, 1996
It is prospective. Our amendment makes it prospective, but it says to the folks here, ``We are not going to change your rules in the middle of the game.'' All the things my friend is explaining, none of those are touched by the Feinstein-Boxer amendment.
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Barbara Boxer
Democratic · California

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Discussing the implications of the Feinstein-Boxer amendment during Senate debate.

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