On the recordMay 9, 1996
I am saying, you are elevating a local ordnance to a 5-year Federal offense. We do not do it in anything else. We do not make a DWI, a DWI which could kill people, we do not make that a Federal offense.
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Discussing the implications of elevating local ordinances to federal offenses.
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