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Jerry Nadler: “I am not going to debate the habeas corpus provisions. The fact of the matter is, as I recall, we already passed that…”

On the recordMarch 14, 1996
I am not going to debate the habeas corpus provisions. The fact of the matter is, as I recall, we already passed that bill on the floor of this House. I disapproved of it, but it is a separate debate, a separate question. What is involved in this amendment, what is involved in this amendment is doing what the terrorism bill, to have a provision, the most important thing, inviting terrorism, which is to stop the fundraising here of terrorist groups. The habeas corpus bill passed in a different bill.
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Jerry Nadler
Democratic · New York

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Discussing the habeas corpus provisions in relation to a terrorism bill.

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