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Jim Sensenbrenner: “Well, you know, are there different strokes for different folks? We activate four prisons, but we do not have the…”

On the recordApril 9, 2013
Well, you know, are there different strokes for different folks? We activate four prisons, but we do not have the activation money for a prison in the President's home State, which the Federal Government bought despite the Congress' opposition.
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Jim Sensenbrenner
Republican · Wisconsin

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Sensenbrenner questions the fairness of prison activation funding.

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