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Jim Sensenbrenner: “Now, our job in Congress, honestly, you know, as we did with the FREEDOM Act, and as we are doing with the Electronic…”

On the recordFebruary 29, 2016
Now, our job in Congress, honestly, you know, as we did with the FREEDOM Act, and as we are doing with the Electronic Communications Privacy Act update, is to balance our belief that there should be privacy for people who are not guilty or suspected of terrorist activity, and that there should be judicial process, which there has been, in this case.
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Jim Sensenbrenner
Republican · Wisconsin

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Sensenbrenner emphasizes Congress's role in balancing privacy and judicial process.

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