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Barney Frank: let me take back my time. There were two different California issues here. Of course, one would not expect California to…

On the recordSeptember 10, 2003
let me take back my time. There were two different California issues here. Of course, one would not expect California to settle for only one controversy. The gentleman from Alabama (Mr. Bachus) is correctly alluding to the future issue of so-called SB1. But what the gentleman from California had identified to me before that had passed was preemption of existing California where it predates the recent enactment. And that is the concern that I was alluding to.
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Barney Frank
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Discussing California issues related to legislation during a floor debate.

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