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Chaka Fattah: “I will not take more than 50 seconds. Simply put, the notion that we as a country are better off having less information…”

On the recordMay 29, 2014
I will not take more than 50 seconds. Simply put, the notion that we as a country are better off having less information defies most logic that I can think of at this hour of the night. I think more information is probably good, and I would ask that we vote against this amendment. I yield back the balance of my time.
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Chaka Fattah
Pennsylvania
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govinfo.gov
May 29, 2014

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