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Summer Lee: I am against mandatory minimums because your son could get caught up with it as well as others can get caught up.

On the recordJanuary 27, 2020
I am against mandatory minimums because your son could get caught up with it as well as others can get caught up.
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Summer Lee
Democratic · Pennsylvania

Editor's note · Context

Jackson Lee expresses opposition to mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent offenders.

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