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Mike Johnson: “I would just rise, once again, to correct my colleague. It is an aggravating factor that is to be considered by a jury…”

On the recordMay 18, 2017
I would just rise, once again, to correct my colleague. It is an aggravating factor that is to be considered by a jury as one of many factors postconviction. So what you are saying is not 100 percent accurate. We can engage in semantics, but we will agree to disagree on that point. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Alabama (Mrs. Roby).
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Mike Johnson
Republican · Louisiana
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May 18, 2017

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