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Bob Goodlatte: “If I can follow up because the comments of the gentleman from North Carolina are indeed impressive, is there something…”

On the recordMarch 7, 1995
If I can follow up because the comments of the gentleman from North Carolina are indeed impressive, is there something about, and this is what troubles me from my side, is there something about an attorney or an individual who misbehaves with one of those cases and incurs sanctions that would differ from somebody, regardless of their background, regardless of their race or age or sex or anything else in any of the other areas where we apply the ``shall'' provision, which is what the amendment does, instead of the ``may'' provision, which is what the gentleman wants to preserve for these particular issues?
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Bob Goodlatte
Republican · Virginia

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Discussing the implications of legal sanctions during a debate on an amendment.

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