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On the recordAugust 1, 2018
I come to the floor tonight with a simple and clear message, which is that we must not allow internment camps to be built in the United States of America. I come with this message because we have heard on Capitol Hill that even as I speak, individuals are planning to bring forward legislation that would, in fact, create internment camps as a strategy of family incarceration--a strategy that President Trump has been championing. So I say tonight, absolutely not. We must not allow internment camps to be established in the United States of America. When we look at the history of the world and the history of America, we realize that in many ways, we are still a very young nation, with less than three centuries behind us. In that comparatively short time, we have accomplished great things. We have helped save the world from tyranny and fascism, while pushing the boundaries of science. We spread democracy and human rights to nations far and wide. We have broken down barriers of race and gender and sexual orientation here at home in a vision of equality and opportunity for all. Yet we cannot forget that along with those great accomplishments, there have also been some dark chapters in our history.…
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon
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Aug 1, 2018

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