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Sidney Yates: “What about the marbled murrelet provision? The marbled murrelet provision, is that not still subject to sufficiency…”

On the recordJanuary 4, 1996
What about the marbled murrelet provision? The marbled murrelet provision, is that not still subject to sufficiency language?
Said by
Sidney Yates
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Questioning the status of the marbled murrelet provision in legislative discussion.

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