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Carl Levin: “We are trying to protect the rights of the States here.”

On the recordJune 17, 2009
We are trying to protect the rights of the States here.
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Carl Levin
Democratic · Michigan

Editor's note · Context

Levin emphasizes the bill's intention to respect state rights.

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