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Rand Paul: this is exactly what I understand. It is a significant problem. I will be happy to yield if there is a question from…

On the recordMarch 6, 2013
this is exactly what I understand. It is a significant problem. I will be happy to yield if there is a question from across the aisle or a question that is in the form of an explanation as well on his understanding, if we understand this incorrectly, this is a real problem. Because the idea of imminence that people think of is someone leveling a weapon at you, you are in a battlefield, and all of these things which none of us disagrees there should be a response. The problem is it really is. I am not an attorney, so it is easy for me to disparage attorneys even though I am standing among two I admire--more, probably. The whole point is that sounds like a bunch of government attorneys got together and tried to write some gobbledygook no one could understand and doesn't make sense; that imminence now means something that is not immediate. I would be happy to entertain a question without yielding the floor.
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Rand Paul
Republican · Kentucky
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Mar 6, 2013

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