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Carl Levin: “Do you know what its intent is? Have you asked the people who put the language in here what its intent is?”

On the recordFebruary 13, 2003
Do you know what its intent is? Have you asked the people who put the language in here what its intent is?
Said by
Carl Levin
Democratic · Michigan
Source
congress.gov
Feb 13, 2003

Editor's note · Context

Inquiring about the intent of the bill's language.

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