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@RepJeffries Answers @CoryBooker on Prison Reform Bill Set to Hit House Floor

On May 17, Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), Kamala Harris (D-CA), Rep. John Lewis (D-GA), and Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), released a letter to colleagues against The First STEP Act, a bipartisan prison reform bill set to be considered by the U.S. House next week. The bill (H.R. 5632) is authored by Rep. Hakeem Jeffries []

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