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On the recordMarch 20, 1996
The answer to the question of the Senator from North Dakota is that in such States, such States are subject to the restrictions of this bill, exactly as they were under the intention of the bill as it was originally passed by the Senate Commerce Committee and by the Senate itself, as is evidenced by the Senate committee report, and that the change in the statutory language was simply to conform the statutory language with the intention expressed in the committee report.
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T. Gorton
Republican · Washington
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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the implications of a bill on certain states during Senate debate.

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