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On the recordJanuary 27, 2015
Exactly. Every prosecutor, whether it is the Justice Department, the U.S. Attorney's Office, sets priorities and has to, and that is just what the President did in my opinion in the Executive order.
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Chuck Schumer
Democratic · New York

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Schumer emphasizes the necessity of setting priorities in prosecutorial decisions, relating it to the President's Executive order.

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