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Debbie Dingell: “I know the authors of this amendment are Members of great decency and goodness, and I think they are accomplishing…”

On the recordJuly 1, 1999
I know the authors of this amendment are Members of great decency and goodness, and I think they are accomplishing something that they really do not want. This is opposed by the Department of Justice, the FBI, the Department of Treasury. Banks have been involved in money laundering, too, I would remind my colleagues, and when we make the action of the bank voluntary with regard to reporting, we subject ourselves to a real probability that the banks are simply not going to report. The money launderers, the Cali Cartel, the drug merchants and the Mafia will love this amendment. If my colleagues like that, if they want crime, this is a good amendment to support; if my colleagues want to clean up the situation, I would urge them to oppose the amendment.
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Debbie Dingell
Democratic · Michigan

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Opposing an amendment related to bank reporting and money laundering during a committee discussion.

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