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On the recordSeptember 19, 2024
Mr. Chair, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chair, I think any implication that the right to protest is an act of violence in and of itself would fly in the face of hundreds of years of First Amendment precedent. Those protests which, in fact, are violent are not protected. I am not sure that the amendment is necessary, but I am obviously not opposed to it. Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
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Bobby Scott
Democratic · Virginia

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