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On the recordMarch 25, 2009
isn't the on or the equity on the side of ensuring that indigents get good defense and that that would be a Federal nexus and desire under the Constitution?
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Robert Lee
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Jackson Lee argues for federal standards to ensure good defense for indigents.

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