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On the recordMay 5, 1994
The actual wording is not that the trip is not substantially recreational, but that the activities as part of the trip are not substantially recreational, which I think is a significant difference because you can have a serious trip that has substantial recreational activities connected with it, and it would be prohibited, which is simply to point out the difficulty of trying to define these things without setting a lot of traps for Senators.
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John Johnston
Democratic · Louisiana

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Discussing the definition of recreational activities in relation to a trip.

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