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Chaka Fattah: “On that, I want to say something, and then I will yield to my colleague. I led the effort in my home State to create…”

On the recordJune 2, 2015
On that, I want to say something, and then I will yield to my colleague. I led the effort in my home State to create drug courts when I was in the State senate before any of my gray hairs. They have worked out spectacularly well in many places throughout the country. So I support the gentleman from New Hampshire's amendment. I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Lynch).
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Chaka Fattah
Pennsylvania
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govinfo.gov
Jun 2, 2015

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