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Maria Cantwell: “Homeland Security is going to collect property, personal…”

Featuring: Maria Cantwell, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Washington

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Sen. Cantwell Gives Late-Night Speech Against GOP Voter Suppression Bill

Published | Video Starts at 11:36

As I said, our constitutional fathers have basically said this is what we should be doing. And this is why here, now, turning this over. I object to the fact that the Homeland Security is going to collect property, personal information, demanding that a Secretary of State turn that personal information over to them for a massive database by the federal government. I object to that. I am not turning personal information over to people who just have other things to pursue. (11:36–11:48)

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Asserts that Homeland Security will require states to provide personal information for a federal database.

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