Joe Manchin said "If we don't have programs like this and we're attacked, we won't have civil liberties and privacy." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordMarch 29, 2017

If we don't have programs like this and we're attacked, we won't have civil liberties and privacy.

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Democratic · West Virginia

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Manchin emphasizes the need for surveillance programs to protect civil liberties.

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