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Edward Livingston: “If it is the gentlewoman's express intent not to deny private individuals, private corporations, from using their own…”

On the recordSeptember 7, 1995
If it is the gentlewoman's express intent not to deny private individuals, private corporations, from using their own private funds for lobbying the U.S. Congress, and that her intent is exclusively to deny the right of use of Federal funds for lobbying, then I withdraw my objection.
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Edward Livingston
Louisiana

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Discussing the use of private and federal funds for lobbying during a congressional debate.

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