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John Doolittle: the system we have now is not better than the one we had. One wrong does not make a second wrong. All we would need to…

On the recordJune 17, 1998
the system we have now is not better than the one we had. One wrong does not make a second wrong. All we would need to do is have full disclosure in a very timely fashion like one of the proposals before us will do, and you would let the electorate judge. Then you would not have the heavy hand of regulation. Let the electorate do it. The Founders did not want a government czar regulating our freedom of speech.
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John Doolittle
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the need for full disclosure and regulation in relation to freedom of speech.

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