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On the recordMarch 25, 2009
Slowly doesn't work. I mean, slowly but surely means that tens of thousands of people do not get their constitutional rights protected.
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Jerry Nadler
Democratic · New York

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Nadler emphasizes the urgency of ensuring constitutional rights are protected.

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