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Bill Delahunt: “Let us make no mistake, the online bootleggers who evade State alcohol control laws are hopefully not the future of…”

On the recordAugust 3, 1999
Let us make no mistake, the online bootleggers who evade State alcohol control laws are hopefully not the future of electronic commerce. They are a throwback to a bygone era. Let us embrace E commerce and do all we can to encourage it, but let us do it in a manner that respects the rule of law.
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Bill Delahunt
Massachusetts

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Discussing the implications of online alcohol sales and electronic commerce.

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