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On the recordJanuary 18, 1995
It was not in the bill last year. This was a language that was in a bill introduced on a Wednesday night, which went to a hearing on Thursday morning, which was intended to go to a markup on a Friday morning which we had to plead for a delay of over the weekend for the markup to a Monday morning. When we made an effort to get a committee report on this, we denied that committee report so that it could come to the floor the next day. This is the language that was not in last year's report which is very new, novel, significant language. Now, I repeat: I am someone who supported last year's bill. But I think this goes too far and raises very significant questions which are worthy of real examination on the floor.
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Mike Levin
Democratic · California

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Discussing concerns about new language in a bill during a floor debate.

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