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On the recordApril 21, 1994
I say that you have not done that when you say to me it the intention of the amendment and you think it is implicit in the amendment. What do you have expressly in the language that we and every American can understand?
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John Warner
New York

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Discussing the clarity of language in an amendment during Senate debate.

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