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Pat Ryan: So surrender your First Amendment rights, and then we might approve your application.

On the recordJune 3, 2013
So surrender your First Amendment rights, and then we might approve your application.
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Pat Ryan
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Ryan criticizes the IRS for requiring groups to give up rights for tax-exempt status.

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