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John Conyers: reclaiming my time, we had hearings, and there were no cases like these hypotheticals cited. So what is the gentleman…

On the recordSeptember 28, 1998
reclaiming my time, we had hearings, and there were no cases like these hypotheticals cited. So what is the gentleman doing? I mean, is this reality legislation or what? Can the gentleman tell me the jeans and perfume, one might be adulterated and the other might be flammable? I have the transcript of the hearings, and there is nothing in them about that. Now, maybe yes; but in reality, no. So I think there is an economic motivation that is not going to be good for the parallel market. Is the gentleman's constituents not like mine? They like to go and shop for discounts sometimes. What is the gentleman telling them?
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John Conyers
Democratic · Michigan

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Questioning the validity of hypothetical cases in proposed legislation during a debate.

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