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Pete Sessions: “I think we have to consider the problem of trying to contain free speech in America. I really am troubled by it. I was a…”

On the recordOctober 6, 1997
I think we have to consider the problem of trying to contain free speech in America. I really am troubled by it. I was a victim of it. I got angry at the time. Now I wonder why I should feel obliged to tell those trial lawyers and plaintiff lawyers who opposed some of my filed suits that they can't run an ad and say my ideas are wrong and I shouldn't be elected. As a matter of fact, I am troubled by that.
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Pete Sessions
Republican · Texas

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Discussing concerns about free speech and its implications during a floor speech.

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