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Steve Cohen: It is the principle that's important, not the individual, because it lives way after us.

On the recordMay 23, 2023
It is the principle that's important, not the individual, because it lives way after us.
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee

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Cohen stresses the importance of legislative principles over individual cases.

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