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Joe Biden: “I do not want to be overtechnical. The Senator from Texas, I think, is confusing the difference between civil law and…”

On the recordJuly 14, 1995
I do not want to be overtechnical. The Senator from Texas, I think, is confusing the difference between civil law and criminal law. Willfulness is required for criminal, not for civil. But I do not want to get into that debate.
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Joe Biden
Democratic · Delaware

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Discussing the distinction between civil law and criminal law.

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