04/09/2014
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"the erosion of the mens rea requirement in Federal law is the most pressing issue facing this Task Force."
"recent Congresses have crafted scores of new federal criminal laws that lack adequate criminal intent requirements."
"I very much appreciate you holding this hearing."
"the expansion of the federal code--to some 4,500 criminal statutes today, as well as tens of thousands of regulations carrying criminal penalties--has resulted in a code that no average American citiz..."