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Angie Craig: The Government doesn't need to do it, the law requires it to do it. I did not write the law; it was written in 1935…

On the recordApril 21, 1999
The Government doesn't need to do it, the law requires it to do it. I did not write the law; it was written in 1935 before the Senator from South Carolina and I ever got here.
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Angie Craig
Democratic · Minnesota

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the requirements of a law established in 1935.

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