REPS. JEFFRIES, SCOTT, ARMSTRONG & BACON APPLAUD OVERWHELMING COMMITTEE PASSAGE OF THE EQUAL ACT
WASHINGTON – Today, Representatives Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Bobby Scott (D-VA), Kelly Armstrong (R-ND) and Don Bacon (R-NE) applauded the passage of the Eliminating a Quantifiably Unjust Application of the Law (EQUAL) Act out of the House Judiciary Committee 36 to 5. The bipartisan legislation would eliminate the federal crack and powder cocaine sentencing disparity and retroactively […]