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Brian Bilbray: “I think that what the gentleman is saying, see, the gentleman is trying to use that. This law was meant to go after the…”

On the recordMarch 7, 1995
I think that what the gentleman is saying, see, the gentleman is trying to use that. This law was meant to go after the Mafia. The fact is it is being abused.
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Brian Bilbray
California

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Addressing concerns about the misuse of a law intended to target organized crime.

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