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On the recordMarch 10, 2011
the problem is the ambiguity is substantially similar. It kills this program, but it bans things that would be substantially similar so that innovator private sector entities trying to do something would be deterred because no one could tell them what substantially similar is.
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Barney Frank
Democratic · Massachusetts

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The speaker is discussing the negative impact of ambiguity in legislation on innovation.

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