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David Skaggs: “Here again, would the gentleman agree, this is the kind of discussion and debate that ought to have occurred in the…”

On the recordApril 15, 1996
Here again, would the gentleman agree, this is the kind of discussion and debate that ought to have occurred in the Committee on the Judiciary, so we could have had appropriate refinements made to clear up what is a fundamental area of vagueness and therefore potential uncertainty and litigations? That is why we should not be voting on this out of the regular order as we are going to.
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David Skaggs
Colorado

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Discussing the need for proper debate in the Committee on the Judiciary.

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