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On the recordDecember 14, 2009
Today the Judiciary Committee is holding its second hearing on the reauthorization of the ground-breaking Justice for All Act.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Leahy discusses the reauthorization of the Justice for All Act.

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