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On the recordJune 13, 2013
It should be, in my opinion--and I am far from a member of the tea party--but it seems like the tea party should grasp this issue.
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee

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Cohen argues that the tea party should support criminal justice reform.

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