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Patrick Leahy: “How about taking care that the law is faithfully executed and not rewriting it?”

On the recordJanuary 27, 2015
How about taking care that the law is faithfully executed and not rewriting it?
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Leahy stresses the importance of faithfully executing the law.

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