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On the recordApril 28, 2015
And I would say that if we had that same sentiment applied to the people who are locked up in our prisons, there wouldn't be anyone in our prisons.
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Steve King
Republican · Iowa

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King comments on the implications of applying leniency to lawbreakers.

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