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Spencer Cox: as a conferee, I certainly would urge, and I believe it is the general intent of all of the conferees in the House to…

On the recordJuly 17, 2002
as a conferee, I certainly would urge, and I believe it is the general intent of all of the conferees in the House to urge, as the House position in this conference when it comes to criminal changes, criminal law changes, to urge the House-passed bill be included in the conference report. Were we to adopt this motion to instruct, we would undermine that position of the House. We would be required to take the much weaker Senate provisions.
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Spencer Cox
Republican · Utah

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Discussing the House position on criminal law changes during a conference committee.

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