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Brian Fitzpatrick: “Most of the people I represent, they resent the civil penalties without criminal penalties.”

On the recordFebruary 14, 2012
Most of the people I represent, they resent the civil penalties without criminal penalties.
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Brian Fitzpatrick
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Fitzpatrick expresses constituents' frustration with civil penalties lacking criminal consequences.

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