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Howard Berman: all this amendment does is take the amendment offered by the gentleman from Pennsylvania and replace section 2 with his…

On the recordMarch 6, 1995
all this amendment does is take the amendment offered by the gentleman from Pennsylvania and replace section 2 with his amendment. In other words, makes his amendment into the base, the core of the bill. In other words, going from the offer, the counteroffer, loser pays notion to the frivolous action notion.
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Howard Berman
California

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Discussing an amendment related to a bill during House floor debate.

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