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Kay Bailey Hutchison: I would like to just ask Senator Levin if there is not a $20 limitation on all gifts from all the other people. I would…

On the recordMay 5, 1994
I would like to just ask Senator Levin if there is not a $20 limitation on all gifts from all the other people. I would not argue at all about lobbyists not contributing to a legal defense fund. That would be fine. But when you are talking about a $20 limitation, and especially if you have a long and extended prosecution, you cannot raise the money in $20 increments that are needed to go against the vast resources of a Government entity; is that correct?
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Kay Bailey Hutchison
Republican · Texas

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Questioning the limitations on gifts and fundraising for legal defense during Senate debate.

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