Understand. But even if he (himself) wrote it - and I didn't get that impression from the text), he couldn't stick his language in the bill.
Somebody else, somebody on a Senator's staff/committee staff, had to put it there.
Now, how many other "little" unnoticed things get stuck in 500 + page "bills" to support just one client. Er, lobbyist.
How come these giant bills never have a sneaky little provision that repeals the '86 machine gun ban, the '68 Gun Control Act or the '34 National Firearms Act? Or even the "sporting purposes" clause of the '68 GCA? It just isn't fair.
"Now, how many other "little" unnoticed things get stuck in 500 + page "bills" to support just one client. Er, lobbyist."
Quite scary to even contemplate..