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On the recordMarch 17, 1994
I presume everybody that raises their arm and takes an oath to defend the Constitution understands that part of that Constitution provides for equal protection of the law. Does that not have a nice ring to it? Equal protection of the law. That is what is terribly wrong with this legislation, this Freedom of Access to Clinic legislation, because it does not treat people equally. It singles out one group, one group of protesters, and it provides them with the most invidious treatment possible; unconscionably hard, mean-spirited, penalizing punishment for some conduct that they engage in that has been declared illegal.
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Henry Hyde
Illinois
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Addressing concerns about the Freedom of Access to Clinic legislation.

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