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On the recordJune 13, 2013
This little document here, the Constitution of the United States, is something that we all cherish, something when we were all sworn in we raised our right arm to the square and we said that we would uphold this document. It is the framework this Nation is built upon. There are certain unalienable rights that are created in that document that we just can't waive away. Some concerns about these rights are embedded in this bill. I have real concerns about American citizens being detained for an unspecified amount of time. I believe that this amendment goes a long way toward shedding the light, the light of transparency, on how these American citizens are handled. I think that's the very least that we can do as a body to make sure that our people's fundamental rights of freedom are protected. One of the great leaders and Founding Fathers of this Nation, Benjamin Franklin, once said: Those who are willing to trade their freedom for security deserve neither and shall probably lose both.
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Matt Salmon
Arizona

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