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Spencer Bachus: “I think for most of us or all of us--we are, as the sitting Chairman said--in a bipartisan way, the bigger problem that…”

On the recordOctober 29, 2013
I think for most of us or all of us--we are, as the sitting Chairman said--in a bipartisan way, the bigger problem that I was focused on was criminalization of drug cases and that sector and that we are, by a multiple of many times, incarcerating more people.
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Spencer Bachus
Alabama

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Bachus highlights the bipartisan concern over increased incarceration rates related to drug offenses.

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