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Ray LaHood: “If you're going to enact a law, make tough penalties.”

On the recordOctober 27, 2009
If you're going to enact a law, make tough penalties.
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Ray LaHood
Republican · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

LaHood advocates for strict penalties to deter drunk driving.

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