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On the recordFebruary 3, 2014
I would submit, with all due respect to my fellows on the other side, that schizophrenia... could be described as a party that talks about saving money all the time and being concerned with deficits... but not being concerned and saving money when people are in jail for marijuana.
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee

Editor's note · Context

Cohen critiques the inconsistency in the opposition's stance on marijuana incarceration costs.

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