WASHINGTON, June 8 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal issued text of the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and U.S. Representative Maxwell Alejandro Frost (D-FL) introduced the Right to Record Act, a bicameral bill to protect individuals' First Amendment rights while engaging with federal law enforcement officers. The new legislation is being introduced as protests and public demonstrations continue outside New Jersey's Delaney Hall detention center, where there are reports of agents harassing journalists, advocates, and community members who are trying to document the conditions of the facility.
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