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On the recordDecember 8, 2019
That is the beginning of a surveillance state which I think is outrageous, particularly since with the Freedom Act in 2013, we curtailed the NSC's ability about that.
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F. Sensenbrenner
Republican · Wisconsin

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Sensenbrenner criticizes the use of subpoenas for surveillance of journalists and Congress members.

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