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Howard Griffith: “If I might take another minute. I know I am over time, but if I could take a minute just to pontificate.”

On the recordJune 20, 2013
If I might take another minute. I know I am over time, but if I could take a minute just to pontificate.
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Howard Griffith
Republican · Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Griffith expresses frustration with current enforcement practices.

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