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House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, on Thursday introduced the Free Speech Protection Act.
According to a committee press release, the bill would:
“Prohibit executive branch employees and contractors from using their positions to censor and otherwise attack speech protected by the First Amendment. [It] will also impose mandatory severe penalties for those executive branch employees who censor speech.”
The proposed legislation comes on the heels of Thursday’s contentious U.S. House of Representatives hearing of the Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government, which was organized to “examine the federal government’s role in censoring Americans,” “Big Tech’s collusion with government agencies to silence speech” and the ongoing Missouri v. Biden lawsuit alleging government censorship.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., chairman on leave from Children’s Health Defense (CHD), testified during the hearing despite attempts to prevent him from doing so…
