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On the recordDecember 12, 2011
And just to see the damage to human life that this Congress has done by rushing forward and creating crimes just so that Congress could look tough without giving it thought, really reprehensible what has been to life.
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Louie Gohmert
Republican · Texas

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Gohmert criticizes Congress for hastily creating laws without considering their impact on human life.

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