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Dick Durbin: “Let me be clear. When I talk about expanding freedom, I am not talking about freedom for corporations. 'We the people'…”

On the recordMarch 19, 2017
Let me be clear. When I talk about expanding freedom, I am not talking about freedom for corporations. 'We the people' does not include corporations.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Durbin criticized corporate rights being equated with individual freedoms under the Constitution.

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