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On the recordMarch 22, 2012
I raise a question to my good friend from Florida. If you feel strongly about this, why don't we modify the Volunteer Protection Act of 1997 rather than go into the business of a constitutional violation by changing all of the State laws with this wholesale limitation of liability? Why not do it in a more appropriate way, which we would be bound to consider with you? I yield to the gentleman if he cares to make a comment on that.
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John Conyers
Democratic · Michigan
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Mar 22, 2012

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