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Mike Levin: “That is my question to my friend from Virginia. My question is, Is the objection to his language that it is a criminal…”

On the recordJune 16, 2004
That is my question to my friend from Virginia. My question is, Is the objection to his language that it is a criminal statute--if this, for instance, simply restored the civil penalty for this material overvaluation of a good and service, would the Senator from Virginia still object to it?
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Mike Levin
Democratic · California

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Questioning a colleague about objections to a proposed criminal statute.

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