On the recordJune 28, 2001
If it is unlikely, even with the brilliance and conceptual imagination of the Senator from North Carolina--he can't think of one--to occur in real life, why put this jurisdictional provision in the bill?
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govinfo.govArlen Specter: “If it is unlikely, even with the brilliance and conceptual imagination of the Senator from North Carolina--he can't…”
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Questioning the necessity of a jurisdictional provision in a bill during Senate debate.
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