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On the recordSeptember 25, 2019
I think we need to revisit how we are spending our money, and we are wasting huge amounts of the taxpayers' money locking people up who pose no threat.
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Jerry Nadler
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Nadler criticizes the financial waste of detaining non-threatening individuals.

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