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Major Owens: “This amendment is not silent on the question. This amendment rules out the use of force, and H.R. 4114 does not deal…”

On the recordMay 24, 1994
This amendment is not silent on the question. This amendment rules out the use of force, and H.R. 4114 does not deal with the use of force at all.
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Major Owens
New York

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Discussing an amendment related to H.R. 4114.

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