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Barney Frank: “To answer your question about whether or not this body would vote for the fifth amendment, would you leave any of that…”

On the recordMarch 2, 1995
To answer your question about whether or not this body would vote for the fifth amendment, would you leave any of that self-incrimination stuff in your version?
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Barney Frank
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Questioning the inclusion of self-incrimination protections in a proposed amendment.

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