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On the recordJuly 22, 2013
Why is that? Senator Sessions asked about why we are being hit so hard, and the answer to that is, first, that we are a constitutional mandate.
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Jeff Sessions
Republican · Alabama

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Sessions highlights the constitutional mandate of Federal Defenders amidst funding cuts.

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