FAMM President Urges Passage of Safety Valve in Appearance Before Congress
For Immediate Release: March 21, 2013 Contact: Monica Pratt Raffanel, (202) 822-6700 or media@famm.org WASHINGTON, D.C. – Testifying this morning before the U.S. House subcommittee that funds the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Bureau of Prisons (BOP), FAMM President Julie Stewart urged Congress to enact a broad sentencing “safety valve” in order to cut wasteful spending and reduce prison overcrowding. Yesterday, Senators Rand Paul (R-KY) and Patrick Leahy (D-VT) introduced S. 619, “The Justice Safety Valve Act of 2013,”