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Bob Barr: when you connect the dots of several recent Clinton administration actions, a frightening picture clearly emerges. Over…

On the recordJuly 22, 1998
when you connect the dots of several recent Clinton administration actions, a frightening picture clearly emerges. Over the past few months, the administration has issued several executive orders and proposed agency rules which will fundamentally change the relationship between the government and the States and their citizens. The Department of Transportation is moving us rapidly toward a national identification license. Executive Order 13083 abrogates the powers of the States and the people thereof and overrides the 10th amendment. The administration is working to develop a ``health identifier'' system to track every citizen's medical history from cradle to grave. The FBI seeks the power to track cell phone owners and users without a court order, while it also seeks to levy a gun tax and compile a registry of lawful gun owners in America. Mr. Speaker, take notice of the picture being drawn. Let us take the necessary steps now to protect our liberties, before they are lost completely.
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Bob Barr
Georgia

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Addressing concerns about government actions under the Clinton administration.

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