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Patrick Leahy: “This bill represents a frontal attack on First Amendment freedom of speech.”

On the recordJune 25, 2012
This bill represents a frontal attack on First Amendment freedom of speech.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Leahy argues the bill threatens First Amendment rights.

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