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Daniel E. Lungren: “We ought not to be afraid of ideas. That is the inconvenient truth we have here, which is the First Amendment to our…”

On the recordJuly 29, 2009
We ought not to be afraid of ideas. That is the inconvenient truth we have here, which is the First Amendment to our Constitution.
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Daniel E. Lungren
California

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Lungren emphasizes the importance of free speech in political discourse.

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