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Bob Menendez: “OK. So, in essence, what we will be doing if we permit this specific language to amend it is to demand that the U.S.…”

On the recordSeptember 30, 1997
OK. So, in essence, what we will be doing if we permit this specific language to amend it is to demand that the U.S. attorney carry out his responsibility even though we recognize that a basis to determine whether or not the laws and the fact in this issue should rise to the level of pursuing a criminal charge has been made.
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Bob Menendez
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the responsibilities of the U.S. attorney in relation to proposed legislative language.

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