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Rand Paul: “What if you brought in 30,000 lobster and they found 10,000? You could get 10,000 years in prison.”

On the recordMay 7, 2012
What if you brought in 30,000 lobster and they found 10,000? You could get 10,000 years in prison.
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Rand Paul
Republican · Kentucky

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Rand Paul highlights the extreme penalties for minor violations of foreign laws.

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