Dick Durbin said "we have passed out of this Committee, now pending on the floor, the Smarter Sentencing Act, which is going to address that not just for you but for all Federal judges in the future." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordMarch 11, 2014

we have passed out of this Committee, now pending on the floor, the Smarter Sentencing Act, which is going to address that not just for you but for all Federal judges in the future.

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Dick Durbin

Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin discusses the Smarter Sentencing Act addressing mandatory minimum sentencing.

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