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On the recordJanuary 20, 1995
We have no problem with forming intelligence and factual information to be good legislators or good regulators. Our problem is that we do not want to establish the Lawyers' Relief Act of 1995 by giving any American an opportunity to go to this section of the statute and then go and apply it to environmental law or any other law that would require the application of the statute.
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Paul E. Kanjorski
Pennsylvania

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Discussing concerns about the Lawyers' Relief Act of 1995.

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