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On the recordMarch 27, 2017
The Attorney General purports to place a high priority on fighting crime, but threatens to withhold much-needed Justice Department funding from the very agencies that are on the front line in protecting all of us.
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Eric Swalwell
Democratic · California

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Swalwell highlights the contradiction in Sessions' approach to crime and funding.

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