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John Curtis: If that is true, where we constitutionally have a responsibility to legislate in DC, where we live here in the…

On the recordMarch 7, 2023
If that is true, where we constitutionally have a responsibility to legislate in DC, where we live here in the community, where we understand the nuances of crime, how is that not true thousands of miles away where we have never been there, many of us, and we are making decisions and legislating to them?
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John Curtis
Republican · Utah

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Curtis questions the legitimacy of distant lawmakers making local decisions.

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