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Patrick Leahy: “There is not one law for one color and another. There's not one law for rich and a different one for poor. There is only…”

On the recordJuly 12, 2009
There is not one law for one color and another. There's not one law for rich and a different one for poor. There is only one law.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Patrick Leahy emphasizes equality under the law during the hearings.

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