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On the recordNovember 21, 2024
Mr. Speaker, Americans want checks and balances, not a blank check for any President to label anyone as a terrorist without evidence. Providing material support to terrorist groups is already a crime and can be criminally prosecuted, but this bill removes all due process protections. That is exactly why the same bill failed on the House floor last week, but instead of moving on and taking on the real economic issues that are facing Americans today or working simply to fund the government, Republicans are fixated on giving unchecked powers to the Trump administration. Weaponizing the government is the foundation of Trump's Project 2025. It is step one of Trump's project in action. With this bill, the only guardrail against authoritarian abuse toward any voice of dissent to his agenda will be Trump's imagination. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to vote ``no'' on abusive, unchecked Presidential powers. I did last week, and I will this week, and at any other time it comes up.
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Pramila Jayapal
Democratic · Washington

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