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On the recordDecember 6, 2004
Remember that the 9/11 hijackers had multiple validly issued state driver's licenses among them, and that's how they got on the airplanes. That is what we were trying to stop by changing the provisions in the conference report, and I regret that we failed. But I can assure you that this issue is not going to go away.
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F. Sensenbrenner
Republican · Wisconsin

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Sensenbrenner emphasizes the importance of addressing driver's licenses for immigrants in the context of national security.

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