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On the recordMay 18, 2022
I joined Congresswoman Pressley and two of our Republican colleagues, Representatives Joyce and Armstrong, in a letter to the Pardon Attorney requesting disaggregated demographic data on the clemency application backlog.
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Eric Swalwell
Democratic · California

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Swalwell discusses a bipartisan effort to understand the clemency application backlog.

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