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John Doolittle: “It was my intent when we offered this to have it drafted in such a way as to protect the printed material or material on…”

On the recordJuly 14, 1998
It was my intent when we offered this to have it drafted in such a way as to protect the printed material or material on the Internet. It really was not my intent to go beyond that. The wording of the amendment arguably does go beyond that, so I offer this modification to conform the written language of what my intent clearly was.
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John Doolittle
Republican · California

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Discussing modifications to an amendment regarding the protection of printed and Internet material.

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