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Bob Barr: Mr. Chairman, I do not see the gentleman from California on the floor. Perhaps the gentleman from Virginia would engage…

On the recordAugust 3, 1999
Mr. Chairman, I do not see the gentleman from California on the floor. Perhaps the gentleman from Virginia would engage in a colloquy. I think, getting to the intent, the Congressional intent of the proposed amendment, as amended, needs further clarification. If I could engage the gentleman from Virginia in a brief colloquy and elicit from him if he thinks it is accurate, just a simple yes or no. If, in fact, under the legislation as proposed and as amended, as proposed to be amended by the gentleman from California, if State A has a law on the books that prohibits the sale of alcoholic beverages to anyone under 21, and the attorney general of that State seeks to go into Federal court under this law simply based on that law to seek an injunction to enjoin a seller of an alcoholic beverage from State B from shipping that alcoholic beverage into State A and it being directed to or received by somebody under 21 in violation of State law, this proposal would still allow the attorney general of State A to seek injunctive relief. Is that correct?
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Bob Barr
Georgia

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Discussing the implications of a proposed amendment regarding state laws on alcohol sales.

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