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Jim Sensenbrenner: I was the principal author of the PATRIOT Act that was signed by President Bush in 2001, and I also was the principal…

On the recordFebruary 3, 2014
I was the principal author of the PATRIOT Act that was signed by President Bush in 2001, and I also was the principal author of the two reauthorizations in 2006 and in 2011.
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Jim Sensenbrenner
Republican · Wisconsin

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Sensenbrenner discusses his role in creating and reauthorizing the PATRIOT Act.

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