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On the recordJanuary 14, 2014
I guarantee you the only time I have traveled to places that are unsavory were not because I wanted to take my family on a vacation or myself to Afghanistan or the Middle East where there is a civil war going on.
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Scott Perry
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Perry emphasizes the need to focus on suspicious travel rather than monitoring all Americans.

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