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Al Franken: “To me, this Subcommittee is about addressing a fundamental shift that we have seen in the past 40 or 50 years in who has…”

On the recordMay 9, 2011
To me, this Subcommittee is about addressing a fundamental shift that we have seen in the past 40 or 50 years in who has our information and what they are doing with it.
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Al Franken
Democratic · Minnesota

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Franken discusses the evolving nature of privacy concerns over decades.

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