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On the recordApril 20, 2009
This Subcommittee will also have to deal with the PATRIOT Act. Several provisions of the PATRIOT Act will expire this year, and Congress will need to consider extending those provisions or modifying them.
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Ben Cardin
Democratic · Maryland

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Discussing the importance of addressing the PATRIOT Act's expiring provisions.

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