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Adam Smith: “Let me say right, if I could, your intent and your design are, I am sorry, irrelevant to this conversation.”

On the recordJuly 15, 2014
Let me say right, if I could, your intent and your design are, I am sorry, irrelevant to this conversation.
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Adam Smith
Democratic · Washington

Editor's note · Context

Smith emphasizes the importance of the legislation's wording over the intent behind it.

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