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Melvin Watt: “Under current law they would have the right to do it, but under this bill they would not have the right to raise it.”

On the recordFebruary 8, 1995
Under current law they would have the right to do it, but under this bill they would not have the right to raise it.
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Melvin Watt
North Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the implications of a bill on existing rights.

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