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Bruce L. Braley: When somebody comes to me and asks me to ignore my duties to make sure that the laws and the Constitution are followed…

On the recordMarch 5, 2008
When somebody comes to me and asks me to ignore my duties to make sure that the laws and the Constitution are followed, which is what they are asking us to do by granting immunity to these phone companies, I think the average American citizen would expect at a minimum that I would be aware of what was in these documents that are at the subject of this request for immunity. I don't know about the rest of you, but I haven't seen a single document that has been produced in order to supposedly justify a claim for immunity. I am just curious whether any of my friends have seen them in their capacity as a Member of Congress?

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Questioning the lack of transparency regarding documents justifying immunity for phone companies.

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