Senators on Passage of First Step Act

Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Mike Lee (R-UT), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Tim Scott (R-SC) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) held a press conference on Capitol Hill on the First Step Act, a bipartisan criminal justice reform bill that passed the Senate the previous night in an 87-12 vote. The senators thanked the White House, particularly senior adviser to the president Jared Kushner, and Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) for their support of the measure, which was headed to the House where the senators were optimistic it would pass. close