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Adam Smith: “I will yield myself an additional 15 seconds. This is an extraordinary amount of power to give to the President, to give…”

On the recordMay 17, 2012
I will yield myself an additional 15 seconds. This is an extraordinary amount of power to give to the President, to give the government the power to take away an individual's rights and lock them up with nothing more than one quick court hearing, without the due process rights protection in our Constitution. It's not needed. This is our opportunity to repeal it. I reserve the balance of my time.
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Adam Smith
Democratic · Washington
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May 17, 2012

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