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Tom Feeney: “The point of this is that we should not be giving certain people special protections that we are not giving all…”

On the recordSeptember 28, 2004
The point of this is that we should not be giving certain people special protections that we are not giving all Americans... All of us deserve equal protection. What we want to do in opposing this is make sure all Americans get the equal protection they are entitled to under the law.
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Tom Feeney
Republican · Florida

Editor's note · Context

Discussing equal protection under the law during a debate on a bill.

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