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On the recordMarch 4, 2020
We hold this hearing today to remind America that today there are few things more fiercely urgent than the need to grant clemency to the thousands who suffer from the burdens of excessive and unjust imprisonment, or the collateral consequences stemming from their criminal convictions.
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee

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Cohen highlights the urgency of granting clemency to those unjustly imprisoned.

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