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Michael Burgess: “Excluding one of these deadliest drugs in the world from the mandatory sentencing is simply irresponsible, in my mind.”

On the recordDecember 1, 2021
Excluding one of these deadliest drugs in the world from the mandatory sentencing is simply irresponsible, in my mind.
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Michael Burgess
Republican · Texas

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Burgess criticizes leniency towards fentanyl in sentencing laws.

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