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On the recordFebruary 10, 2015
an unrelenting Government assault on property rights, fueled by a dangerous and emotional vigilante mentality that sanctions shredding the U.S. Constitution into meaningless confetti.
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Henry Hyde
Illinois

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Hyde criticized civil asset forfeiture as a violation of property rights.

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