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Robin Kelly: “``No State shall, without the consent of the Congress, lay any imposts or duties on imports or exports, except what may…”

On the recordJanuary 5, 2017
``No State shall, without the consent of the Congress, lay any imposts or duties on imports or exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing its inspection laws: and the net produce of all duties and imposts, laid by any State on imports or exports, shall be for the use of the Treasury of the United States; and all such laws shall be subject to the revision and controul of the Congress.''
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Robin Kelly
Democratic · Illinois
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govinfo.gov
Jan 5, 2017

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