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Edward Livingston: “I specifically would like the gentlewoman to express her intent, her individual intent, the author of this amendment's…”

On the recordSeptember 7, 1995
I specifically would like the gentlewoman to express her intent, her individual intent, the author of this amendment's intent. Would a contractor who expressly uses his or her, or its own money, private money, be entitled to lobby under her amendment?
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Edward Livingston
Louisiana

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Questioning the intent of an amendment regarding lobbying by contractors.

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