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On the recordDecember 14, 2011
I yield myself an additional 30 seconds. We do not need to do this. We should not do this. And because of this momentous challenge to one of the founding principles of the United States--that no person may be deprived of his liberty without due process of law--this bill must be rejected. I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McKEON. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to my friend and colleague, the gentleman from Texas, vice chairman of the committee, the chairman of the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, and a member of the conference committee, Mr. Thornberry.
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Jerry Nadler
Democratic · New York

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