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SCHEDULE -- (Senate - August 01, 2006)

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Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, reserving the right to object, on behalf of several Senators on this side of the aisle, I might say the bill that was brought to the floor is a bill which is fatally flawed. It is a bill which would have allowed a parent who was guilty of a crime against his child, a parent guilty of incest, would have been allowed to file a lawsuit against someone trying to help the victim of his crimes. Fortunately, an amendment was considered and unanimously passed here which addressed this fatal flaw in this bill. There are several on this side of the aisle who are working to receive an assurance from the Republican leader that this matter will not go forward in conference until this fatal flaw is removed in the bill. And until that agreement is reached, I believe--and others do, too--that it would be a terrible injustice for us to consider a bill which would allow this circumstance to continue. And until that agreement is reached, I object.

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