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Byron Dorgan: “But you cannot describe in the conference report what the language means. The language means what it says it means. My…”

On the recordMarch 20, 1996
But you cannot describe in the conference report what the language means. The language means what it says it means. My question, first, is, when this language left the Senate, did it mean that utilities were excluded from the definition of products? I thought it meant that. Most Members of the Senate thought it meant that. That is what I think it says. Do you believe that is what it says?
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Byron Dorgan
Democratic · North Dakota

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Discussing the interpretation of language in a conference report regarding utilities and product definitions.

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