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2005 Ron Paul Chapter 65
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Congressional Record [.PDF]
Protect Privacy
15 June 2005
Mr. SANDERS. Mr. Chairman, I yield
1 1/2 minutes to the gentleman from
Texas (Mr. PAUL).
(Mr. PAUL asked and was given permission
to revise and extend his remarks.)
2005 Ron Paul 65:1
Mr. PAUL. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for yielding me this
time.
2005 Ron Paul 65:2
Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong support of this amendment. I do not see
any necessity for the amendment. It
was put in in the period of time after
9/11 where a lot of people were very
frightened; and I think, quite frankly,
that we as a Congress overreacted.
2005 Ron Paul 65:3
I just do not understand how anybody would feel safer by the government
being able to get a list of books that
the American people read. Now, if
there is a special condition that exists
where they want to know about a particular
individual, nothing precludes a
legitimate search warrant to find out
exactly what this information is about.
But I just think that it is totally unnecessary
to have this.
2005 Ron Paul 65:4
This morning, the gentleman from Vermont was on C–SPAN; and after he
left the studio, a woman called in that
I found very fascinating. She was from
Russia and she talked about how
things were started in Russia and how
the police had an ability to come into
their homes without search warrants.
Then she said her family had an exposure
in Germany and the same thing
happened. It was unrestrained government’s
ability to come in and know
what people were doing. She spoke
about this in generalities; and she was,
in an alarmist sense, she was saying,
and right now, in America, that is what
we are doing with the PATRIOT Act,
and she talked about it in general.
2005 Ron Paul 65:5
I might not be an alarmist about it, but I am very concerned. I do think we
have moved in the wrong direction and
that we should be very cautious and
protect the privacy of all American
citizens.
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