Chuck Grassley said "keeping people behind bars if it is not necessary is very much a costly product that hits states worse than it hits the Federal Government" @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordJuly 20, 2010

keeping people behind bars if it is not necessary is very much a costly product that hits states worse than it hits the Federal Government

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Republican · Iowa

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Grassley emphasizes the financial burden of unnecessary incarceration on states and taxpayers.

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