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Mitch McConnell: I respectfully submit that they would be wrong now to support the latest proposal to weaken the First Amendment.

On the recordJune 2, 2014
I respectfully submit that they would be wrong now to support the latest proposal to weaken the First Amendment.
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Mitch McConnell
Republican · Kentucky

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Warning against supporting a proposal that undermines the First Amendment.

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