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Jack Brooks: “It has been my position from the time the proviso was at the committee--at the Rules Committee--and it will be my…”

On the recordApril 20, 1994
It has been my position from the time the proviso was at the committee--at the Rules Committee--and it will be my position in the conference, that the Racial Justice Act should be prospective only in application.
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Jack Brooks
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the application of the Racial Justice Act during a committee meeting.

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