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Patrick Leahy: “I cannot accept the President's claim that 'there will be politicians and special interest lobbyists publicly warning of…”

On the recordJanuary 29, 2013
I cannot accept the President's claim that 'there will be politicians and special interest lobbyists publicly warning of a tyrannical all out assault on liberty, not because that is true but because they want to gin up fear.'
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Leahy criticizes the President's claim regarding fearmongering by politicians and lobbyists.

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