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On the recordApril 16, 2023
When you get rid of the policies like a presumption against bail that we got rid of in Virginia, like the bail policies that you have here, the ending of cash bail here in New York City, it's like termites eating away at that stool.
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Mike Johnson
Republican · Louisiana

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Comparison of crime policies to a deteriorating support structure.

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