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On the recordMarch 10, 2004
it seems to me the gentleman would have it both ways. First the claim is that my amendment is redundant, the bill already does what it does. Now the gentleman is saying that it guts the bill. How can it be redundant and gut the bill?
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Gary Ackerman
New York

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Debating the implications of an amendment to a bill.

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