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Lincoln Chafee: “So your point is, to follow it up, it only would be a Federal law that would deal with that situation. The State law…”

On the recordSeptember 5, 1996
So your point is, to follow it up, it only would be a Federal law that would deal with that situation. The State law could not affect it. The second point that would be helpful--maybe I should address this to the Senator from Tennessee. I am not sure exactly what the Frist amendment is. What does it do?
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Lincoln Chafee
Rhode Island

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the implications of federal law versus state law in relation to an amendment.

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