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Trey Gowdy: The only thing that this debate today has given me cause for celebration for is I now know my colleagues on the other…

On the recordNovember 16, 2011
The only thing that this debate today has given me cause for celebration for is I now know my colleagues on the other side of the aisle are familiar with the concept of States' rights because I have not heard them talk about it for the first 11 months. Do you suppose Tennessee should have a different version of the First Amendment or the Fourth Amendment or the Fifth Amendment or the Eighth Amendment? So why are we treating the Second Amendment like it is in the constitutional trash heap?
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Trey Gowdy
Republican · South Carolina
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Nov 16, 2011

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