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Summer Lee: “But if your law were more restrictive, would you want to be under that law just for the rights of the citizens involved?”

On the recordFebruary 10, 2015
But if your law were more restrictive, would you want to be under that law just for the rights of the citizens involved?
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Summer Lee
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Questioning the need for restrictive laws to protect citizens' rights.

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