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Patrick Leahy: I am glad that we have been able to achieve passage of a bill that will help protect children from sexual predators. ...…

On the recordOctober 9, 1998
I am glad that we have been able to achieve passage of a bill that will help protect children from sexual predators. ... we actually want to enact this bill to protect children, something that I worked hard to do as a prosecutor, when I convicted child molesters in the state of Vermont.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Discussing the passage of a bill aimed at protecting children from sexual predators.

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