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James T. Callahan: “There is no indication in the language I have here that it does what the gentleman says it does.”

On the recordJuly 12, 2000
There is no indication in the language I have here that it does what the gentleman says it does.
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James T. Callahan
Oklahoma

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Addressing a point made by a colleague regarding legislative language.

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