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On the recordOctober 18, 2011
The reason that we passed this stuff is because it was getting overly lawyered, and we needed to give you the authority.
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Kelly Ayotte
Republican · New Hampshire

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Ayotte emphasizes the need for swift authority to cut off bad actors.

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