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Arlen Specter: “When the Senator goes over the sections, they are so comprehensive as to make any prohibition meaningless.”

On the recordMarch 22, 1999
When the Senator goes over the sections, they are so comprehensive as to make any prohibition meaningless.
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Arlen Specter
Democratic · Pennsylvania

Editor's note · Context

Critiquing the comprehensiveness of legislative sections during a Senate debate.

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