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David Cicilline: “What valid purpose is served by creating crimes at the Federal level if they duplicate crimes being effectively enforced…”

On the recordJuly 24, 2014
What valid purpose is served by creating crimes at the Federal level if they duplicate crimes being effectively enforced by the States?
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David Cicilline
Democratic · Rhode Island

Editor's note · Context

Questions the necessity of federal laws that overlap with state laws.

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