Patrick Leahy actually said...

Last, and I apologize to Senator Grassley, but we talked about the Federal prison population--this is something of concern to many of us here--has grown by more than 500 percent in the last 30 years.

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Leahy highlights the significant increase in the federal prison population.

01/28/2014

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