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Matt Cartwright: “What this bill is really after is simply to make people afraid to go to court to assert their rights, to assert their…”

On the recordNovember 14, 2013
What this bill is really after is simply to make people afraid to go to court to assert their rights, to assert their voting rights, to assert their workplace safety rights, to assert the rights guaranteed them under the United States Constitution. This bill makes them afraid to go to court to assert their rights, and that is why I urge my fellow Members, Madam Speaker, to vote against this bill.
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Matt Cartwright
Democratic · Pennsylvania
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Nov 14, 2013

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