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Susan Collins: Our bipartisan amendment reaffirms the fundamental constitutional and statutory protections accorded to sealed domestic…

On the recordApril 16, 2007
Our bipartisan amendment reaffirms the fundamental constitutional and statutory protections accorded to sealed domestic mail, even as we make provisions for sustaining our vital intelligence-gathering activity in the interests of advancing the goals of protecting our homeland from attack.
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Susan Collins
Republican · Maine

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Introducing a bipartisan amendment related to postal service and intelligence-gathering protections.

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