is counsel in atlanta and he specializes in government affairs and received his law degree at vail university. go ahead sir. your whole statement will be made part of the record. >> not because i condone the use of deceptive practices, voter intimidation or both. the first point i would like to make, is before congress creates new tools for private individuals to use, it should encourage the ones that are presently existing. those tools are generally under utilized and should be put to use before penalties are created. we are talk iing about regulati political speech which we know to be at the core of the first amendme amendment's protection. the bill under consideration mi chill statements on unsettled grounds of fact or law. it may chill the making of even truthful statements and it will do so within 90 days of an election. and that is both federal and state elections because they frequently coincide. during that time, anyone who wishes to speak will have to think about whether -- not simply whether what they are saying is truthful, but whether that statement could expose them to an action

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