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Richard Blumenthal: “There are a lot of measures where guardrails and safeguards…”

Featuring: Richard Blumenthal, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Connecticut

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CT Mirror Presents: "In The Room: A Conversation with US Senator Richard Blumenthal"

Published | Video Starts at 1:02:18

I'm very clear there is not a chance that we're going to have this legislation adopted any more than my legislation on the Insurrection act that would prohibit the use of military troops against American citizens without some congressional review. There are a lot of measures where guardrails and safeguards should be imposed that we will not see in this administration. That we won't see in this administration. But I guess that I'm asking you for the, for the future here is once again, sometimes Democrats have had control of all three important levers of government and these guardrails still aren't put up. (1:02:18–1:02:25)

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