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Rob Portman: I think it is irrelevant to what we are debating today because it does not affect a diminution of civil rights one way…

On the recordMay 19, 1998
I think it is irrelevant to what we are debating today because it does not affect a diminution of civil rights one way or the other; and, specifically, civil rights were excluded from the requirement of information that is in the legislation.
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Rob Portman
Republican · Ohio

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Discussing civil rights in relation to proposed legislation.

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