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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

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

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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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

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

I think is a safety issue for correctional officers as well as for inmates.

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

Thank you all, everybody in the panel for being here. It means a lot to me.

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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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Bill Pascrell
@billpascrell· Democratic · NJ· Jan 16, 2024

I strongly encourage my colleagues to support this commonsense measure today. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

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Bill Pascrell
@billpascrell· Democratic · NJ· Jan 16, 2024

Protecting the privacy of the American people must be our priority. I strongly urge my colleagues to support this commonsense measure. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.

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Cory Booker
@corybooker· Democratic · NJ· Jan 16, 2024

Thanks so much. First of all, thank you all, everybody in the panel for being here. It means a lot to me.

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Cory Booker
@corybooker· Democratic · NJ· Jan 16, 2024

It's failing. It's undermining the implementation of the First Step Act.

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Cory Booker
@corybooker· Democratic · NJ· Jan 16, 2024

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

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Cory Booker
@corybooker· Democratic · NJ· Jan 16, 2024

This was driving racial disparities in our country, because incarceration rates amongst low income communities and Black and brown communities were incredibly higher than in other communities.

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Cory Booker
@corybooker· Democratic · NJ· Jan 16, 2024

to ban people from getting Pell Grants, for example, it seems like a nonsensical waste of a taxpayer opportunity.

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Chris Smith
@chrissmith· Republican · NJ· Jan 16, 2024

Our bill, it has been languishing in the Senate for months, would, in addition to sanctioning those who are, with knowledge, procuring these organs, it would do a serious work within the U.S. Department of State to investigate and to…

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Cory Booker
@corybooker· Democratic · NJ· Jan 16, 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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