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Ed Perlmutter: “We take responsibility for those things that Americans have to deal with. We don't like dealing with it. You don't like…”

On the recordFebruary 25, 2010
We take responsibility for those things that Americans have to deal with. We don't like dealing with it. You don't like dealing with it. But we have to. So we're prepared. In our court system in America, whether it's in New York or Colorado or Texas or California, we have good judges. We have good people that work in our Bureau of Prisons. We can handle this.
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Ed Perlmutter
Democratic · Colorado
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Feb 25, 2010

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The speaker discusses the responsibility of the judicial system in handling issues faced by Americans.

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