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On the recordMarch 20, 1996
Let me finish. I think it is exactly the same exclusion for both unless a State legislature has determined that they ought to be considered products. That is a privilege that the State legislature has now and retains under this bill.
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T. Gorton
Republican · Washington

Editor's note · Context

Discussing state legislature privileges in relation to a bill.

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