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On the recordJune 20, 2011
the nature of the penalty is such, I take it, that is so disproportionate, as it were, to the crime, that perhaps many violations do, in fact, not get referred, and therefore the violations, perhaps, are encouraged to continue.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Norton argues that the Hatch Act's penalty discourages reporting violations.

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