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Mike Levin: So it is broader than terrorism. I am not debating merits plus or minus. I am trying to understand what is in it since…

On the recordSeptember 13, 2001
So it is broader than terrorism. I am not debating merits plus or minus. I am trying to understand what is in it since it came to me for the first time tonight. I want to be very clear, at least the way I read this, that this is not something that is just limited to counterterrorism, about which I think all of us would have a passion.
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Mike Levin
Democratic · California

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Discussing the implications of a legislative proposal related to counterterrorism.

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