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John Kerry: Let my say to my colleague, with all due respect, that he is dead wrong. He is even more so dead wrong, because moments…

On the recordJune 9, 1999
Let my say to my colleague, with all due respect, that he is dead wrong. He is even more so dead wrong, because moments ago they adopted an amendment by the Senator from Colorado, the Allard amendment, which makes it very clear that State law is superseded. That is the amendment they adopted. So State law takes precedence, period, end of issue. You cannot protect people from misrepresentation or fraud, and there is no public policy rationale for that. I yield the floor.
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John Kerry
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Addressing the implications of the Allard amendment on state law during Senate debate.

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