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Benjamin Gilman: “No, Mr. Speaker the list may not necessarily be comprehensive. In such a case, the investor could be subject to…”

On the recordJune 18, 1996
No, Mr. Speaker the list may not necessarily be comprehensive. In such a case, the investor could be subject to sanctions under the bill notwithstanding that the project did not appear on the list published in the Federal Register.
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Benjamin Gilman
New York

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Discussing potential sanctions related to a bill on the House floor.

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