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Orrin Hatch: “We have had witnesses from the left and the right, constitutional experts, come before our committee and say that…”

On the recordMay 20, 1998
We have had witnesses from the left and the right, constitutional experts, come before our committee and say that, basically, without a voluntary consent protocol or a voluntary consent decree with the companies on board, that literally--literally, you could not have the advertising restrictions.
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Orrin Hatch
Republican · Utah

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Discussing the necessity of voluntary consent for advertising restrictions.

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