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John Kerry: I could walk the Senator through now literally section by section, and I think that when you do that, the ambiguity sort…

On the recordJuly 11, 1995
I could walk the Senator through now literally section by section, and I think that when you do that, the ambiguity sort of leaps out at you. And when you have to go from one section to the other and then ultimately find in the remote definition section one word-- ``social''--that somehow embraces this concept that you will have this relevant benefit analysis, I think we are asking lawyers to start to tie up the regulatory process. The whole purpose of a lot of our efforts here in the Congress now is to reduce the need for anyone to have to litigate what we are trying to legislate.
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John Kerry
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Discussing the complexities and ambiguities in legislative language.

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