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On the recordJune 11, 2013
I think that there should be sunset provisions, and we should look at them periodically and we should actually debate them in a free and open society.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Leahy advocates for periodic review and debate of surveillance provisions.

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