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On the recordMay 20, 2009
I don't think anyone in this room, made a large number of us, have been impacted by the horrific disparities or the unfair disparities that we have come to understand on the issue of crack cocaine.
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Robert Lee
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Jackson Lee highlights the impact of sentencing disparities related to crack cocaine.

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