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On the recordMay 7, 2014
It is just interesting to hear the argument on the other side. I have spent 37, 38 years protecting people's rights. That is what I did. As a sheriff, we did things and lived within the law. We answered questions truthfully. That is all we are asking. This is terrible that we have to get to this point, but at the end of the day, we are not taking her rights away. We are going to the court and asking the court, Are we right in our assumption in regards to what the House counsel had told us? Are we right? If we are not, they are going to tell us we are not. So, she has due process. This whole thing about we are taking her due process away is just ludicrous. It doesn't make sense. Mr. Speaker, I continue to reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I just remind the gentleman that 32 legal experts have said that my friends are wrong. I would like to yield to Mr. Connolly to clarify that.
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Richard B. Nugent
Florida

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