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John Sarbanes: If ever there was an instance of trampling in on the part of the Congress and in effect, undoing an arrangement that was…

On the recordSeptember 4, 1997
If ever there was an instance of trampling in on the part of the Congress and in effect, undoing an arrangement that was very carefully and elaborately worked out and, in fact, done so by now Mayor Giuliani but then U.S. Attorney Giuliani in the Southern District of New York, approved by the Department of Justice, headed by Richard Thornburgh, and held out by President Bush as a major accomplishment.
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John Sarbanes
Democratic · Maryland

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Discussing congressional actions that undermine a previously established agreement.

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