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> @RepWalberg filed legislation in Congress (FAIR Act) that could end these seizures. The bill’s stuck in committee since April.

The broken system doesn't mean we don't have the right representation - we have to figure out how to amplify it and fix the system imho

There's a bill "in committee" for everything under the sun. It's meaningless.

And just look at the rogues gallery that makes up this committee. Very few of them would be willing to stand up for this.

Civil asset forfeiture has been a problem for 30+ years and multiple presidential administrations, of both parties.

>reform

I.e. screw slightly fewer people so public forgets about it but law enforcement gets to keep screwing people. They'll never get rid of it completely.

Reform isn't ban