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Dirk Kempthorne: “So that, again, once we add back what has been referred to as the Levin amendment, these numbers that we are now going…”

On the recordJanuary 12, 1995
So that, again, once we add back what has been referred to as the Levin amendment, these numbers that we are now going to alter, realign, will be lined up in anticipation of adding the Levin amendment back in.
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Dirk Kempthorne
Idaho

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Discussing the implications of the Levin amendment during a legislative session.

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