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Adam Smith: “I just reverted into being a mom and a grandma, but I was a senator, too, and I think it seems worse to me than…”

On the recordFebruary 8, 1995
I just reverted into being a mom and a grandma, but I was a senator, too, and I think it seems worse to me than ridiculous rules, letting a rapist off, or letting someone that violently hurt someone off. I think what we have done in this is common sense. That is the part about the Contract that I liked the most when I saw it, when I was first drafted as a write-in candidate in September. I saw this and I thought why would anybody not support this? It is common sense. That is one of those things that just came up as common sense to me.
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Adam Smith
Democratic · Washington
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Discussing the importance of common sense in legislation related to crime.

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