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Tom Feeney: “I would say to my friend, Mr. King, yesterday in the bill there was a discriminatory provision that favored or…”

On the recordJanuary 11, 2007
I would say to my friend, Mr. King, yesterday in the bill there was a discriminatory provision that favored or discriminated for or against some territories or States as opposed to others in the minimum wage bill. Is there anything that the gentleman is aware of in this bill that would discriminate in terms of Federal funding for human cloning, helping some territories and treating some States and territories different from one another as, unbeknownst to the Members, occurred yesterday in the minimum wage bill?
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Tom Feeney
Republican · Florida
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Discussing potential discrimination in federal funding related to human cloning in a bill.

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