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Roger Wicker: “I do not apologize for taking this issue to the American people and pointing out that this goes to the heart of the…”

On the recordJune 18, 1998
I do not apologize for taking this issue to the American people and pointing out that this goes to the heart of the first amendment. If Members are for Shays-Meehan, and they think every bit of it is constitutional, then they have nothing to fear voting for this nonseverability amendment. If, however, as I do, if they believe that there are unconstitutional provisions to this amendment, then they also ought to vote for the nonseverability, so everybody, regardless of what side of the issue they are on, ought to vote for the nonseverability.
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Roger Wicker
Republican · Mississippi

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the implications of the Shays-Meehan proposal and its constitutional aspects.

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