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Date: May 27, 2021

"The U.S. has less than 5% of the world's population but about 22% of the world's prison population. The bills we are considering are small steps toward ensuring we are not incarcerating those who do not need to be in prison--and I'm proud of their broad, bipartisan support."

@JudiciaryDems
""This Committee came together on a bipartisan basis to approve the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act.

That legislation was incorporated into the landmark First Step Act.

But the First Step Act was just that--a first step. More must be done."

-- Chair @SenatorDurbin"

@SenatorDurbin


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