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Joe Biden: “What that says to me, Mr. President, is not, I think, what the Senator intends. Would the Senator object to language…”

On the recordJuly 14, 1995
What that says to me, Mr. President, is not, I think, what the Senator intends. Would the Senator object to language explicitly saying that if all the material facts are not disclosed to the agency at the time of the letter of approval then a civil and criminal penalty could apply if the law was violated. Would the Senator have any objection to clarifying it?
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Joe Biden
Democratic · Delaware

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Discussing the implications of an amendment regarding civil and criminal penalties.

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