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Cory Booker
@corybooker· Democratic · NJ· Jan 17, 2024

I think we have this falsehood that often rhetorically is heard here in Washington, that somehow Americans are not equally concerned, whether you're a Republican or a Democrat or an Independent, about the safety of their communities.

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Cory Booker
@corybooker· Democratic · NJ· Jan 17, 2024

Sadly, the Biden administration and liberal prosecutors appear to be more sympathetic to the dangerous criminals than they do to the law-abiding citizens they harm.

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Cory Booker
@corybooker· Democratic · NJ· Jan 17, 2024

all the data I've seen shows a dollar invested in just need simple education program--GED, BA, graduate degrees--returns to the taxpayers a lot in terms of dropping the recidivism rates.

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Cory Booker
@corybooker· Democratic · NJ· Jan 17, 2024

I think we have this falsehood that often rhetorically is heard here in Washington, that somehow Americans are not equally concerned, whether you're a Republican or a Democrat or an Independent, about the safety of their communities.

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Cory Booker
@corybooker· Democratic · NJ· Jan 17, 2024

Are there people in this institution that are wasting taxpayer dollars and really shouldn't be here? Absolutely, yes.

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Bob Menendez
@bobmenendez· Democratic · NJ· Jan 17, 2024

It is worth noting that parole authority has been used by every administration since President Eisenhower.

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Bob Menendez
@bobmenendez· Democratic · NJ· Jan 17, 2024

Treason, bribery, and other high crimes and misdemeanors are the only Constitutionally-permissible grounds for impeachment.

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Cory Booker
@corybooker· Democratic · NJ· Jan 17, 2024

Are there people in this institution that are wasting taxpayer dollars and really shouldn't be here? Absolutely, yes.

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Bob Menendez Jr.
@bobmenendezjr· Democratic · NJ· Jan 17, 2024

My Republican colleagues have not come close to making a Constitutionally-sound case for impeachment against Secretary Mayorkas.

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Cory Booker
@corybooker· Democratic · NJ· Jan 17, 2024

As Fiorello LaGuardia said, there's no republican or democratic way to fix a pothole.

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Cory Booker
@corybooker· Democratic · NJ· Jan 17, 2024

Rehabilitation, when possible, was and remains an important part of our criminal justice system.

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Cory Booker
@corybooker· Democratic · NJ· Jan 17, 2024

It set up a task force to use Federal prosecution to take down Christians praying in front of abortion clinics.

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Bob Menendez
@bobmenendez· Democratic · NJ· Jan 17, 2024

But as Justice Kavanaugh observed in United States v. Texas, Article II of the Constitution confers upon the Executive branch the authority to decide how to prioritize.

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Cory Booker
@corybooker· Democratic · NJ· Jan 17, 2024

If a violent criminal is behind bars, he will not harm further on innocent people.

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Cory Booker
@corybooker· Democratic · NJ· Jan 17, 2024

As Fiorello LaGuardia said, there's no republican or democratic way to fix a pothole.

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Cory Booker
@corybooker· Democratic · NJ· Jan 17, 2024

The United States of America locked up more people than any other Nation or past empire when it comes to just the total gross amount of humanity that was being put into jails and prisons.

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Cory Booker
@corybooker· Democratic · NJ· Jan 17, 2024

Sadly, the Biden administration and liberal prosecutors appear to be more sympathetic to the dangerous criminals than they do to the law-abiding citizens they harm.

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