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Patrick Leahy: “It is a problem that Congress created, but it is also a problem that Congress can fix, and it is high time we do so.”

On the recordNovember 5, 2013
It is a problem that Congress created, but it is also a problem that Congress can fix, and it is high time we do so.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Leahy emphasizes Congress's responsibility to address prison reform.

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