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Patrick Leahy: “If they don't want it, send it back to the Treasury. What I am concerned about, I say to my friend from Utah, and he is…”

On the recordJanuary 10, 2007
If they don't want it, send it back to the Treasury. What I am concerned about, I say to my friend from Utah, and he is my friend, I recall in prosecutor days when legislative bodies would say, Boy, we are going to cut down on crime, we are going to give more crimes increased penalties; that will stop crime. And I said, Well, are you going to give us the resources to catch the people? No, we don't have money for that, but we will double the penalty. The fact is, if somebody commits a crime, they figure they won't get caught.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Discussing resource allocation for crime prevention and law enforcement during a Judiciary Committee hearing.

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