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Patrick Leahy: “We should not spend scarce resources on States that make no efforts to comply with JJDPA and we should never tolerate…”

On the recordApril 20, 2015
We should not spend scarce resources on States that make no efforts to comply with JJDPA and we should never tolerate fraud on the local, State, or Federal levels.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Leahy advocates for accountability in juvenile justice funding and compliance.

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