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James Traficant: “Reclaiming my time, though, with the gentleman's report language in its specificity, would not, in fact, the specificity…”

On the recordSeptember 12, 1995
Reclaiming my time, though, with the gentleman's report language in its specificity, would not, in fact, the specificity of the report language completely delineate the intent of incorporating this general amendment into the text of the bill, to establish the gentleman's intent? How in God's name, after the report language is listed in the bill, could this general type of an amendment dealing with intent be so impacted?

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Discussing the implications of report language in a bill during a floor debate.

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