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1 Oct, 3 tweets, 3 min read
Alabama has been among the hardest hit states during the pandemic with coronavirus causing nearly 15,000 deaths.

Today, the governor of Alabama signed legislation into law that allows the state to use COVID relief funds to build new prisons.
This week, @HouseJudiciary Chairman @RepJerryNadler, sent a letter to @USTreasury Secretary Janet Yellen urging her to take all appropriate steps to prevent states from misusing American Rescue Plan funding to construct new prisons.
medium.com/@HouseJudDems/…
.@RepJerryNadler: "The #AmericanRescuePlan is a historic effort to provide urgent assistance in a time of great suffering. It should not be used to worsen our national problem of over-incarceration."

Read the full letter here:
judiciary.house.gov/UploadedFiles/…

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READ IT HERE: Chairman @RepJerryNadler's statement in support of #HR8, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act:

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We are pleased the Department of Justice Inspector General Horowitz and Department of Homeland Security Inspector General Cuffari each announced
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These alarming actions beg a number of serious questions. Was it the intent of the Trump Administration to make it seem as though the U.S. military is being deployed to control a U.S. city? Are they completely ignorant about the optics of the situation?
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