On the recordNovember 5, 2013
As I have expressed many times on previous occasions, in my view the Federal Government has been for decades enacting and subsequently enforcing far too much substantive criminal law.
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congress.govMike Lee: “As I have expressed many times on previous occasions, in my view the Federal Government has been for decades enacting…”
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Lee criticizes the federal government's extensive criminal laws leading to overcrowded prisons.
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