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Chaka Fattah: “We are going to spend more money downstream when these same young people become victims or regretfully some of them…”

On the recordApril 13, 2010
We are going to spend more money downstream when these same young people become victims or regretfully some of them become perpetrators of crime.
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Chaka Fattah
Pennsylvania

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Fattah warns about future costs related to youth crime due to budget cuts.

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