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Trent Lott: I do hope the effort will continue to be made to work it out, because it would, as I said, combat drug-facilitated…

On the recordSeptember 28, 1996
I do hope the effort will continue to be made to work it out, because it would, as I said, combat drug-facilitated crimes of violence, including sexual assaults. I don't know where the hangup is.
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Trent Lott

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Discussing efforts to address drug-facilitated crimes during a Senate floor debate.

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