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Harry Reid: “I also ask if it is the chairman's intention to join with me in requesting that the General Accounting Office conduct a…”

On the recordJuly 27, 2000
I also ask if it is the chairman's intention to join with me in requesting that the General Accounting Office conduct a study on the effects that the Religious Freedom and Restoration Act has had, and that the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act will have on our nation's prisons, both at the federal and state level, including the dedicated men and women who serve this country as corrections employees.
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada

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Requesting a study on the impact of religious freedom laws on prisons during a Senate discussion.

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