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On the recordMay 19, 2004
this legislation will pass after July 1, so there is no way that this legislation can apply to a government that exists today because, by the time this legislation is completed, it will be the time frame of October or November or later this year. So by the time this bill is signed into law, there will be no provisional authority. There will be a legitimate Iraqi Government duly elected by the Iraq people under their constitution. So to reference a date is a moot point because by the time this legislation is passed, that date will far have been over.
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W. Weldon
Republican · Pennsylvania
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Discussing the implications of legislation on the future Iraqi government during a House debate.

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