Richard Durbin actually said...

Blaming the First Step Act for problems that are caused by deliberate prosecutorial inaction is about the same as getting your cavity filled...

I authored legislation, the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010, that reduced the disparity of 100 to 1 between crack and powder, to 18.

The First Step Act helps to remedy the effects of the harsh and misguided drug sentencing laws from the 1980s.

Thanks to many of you, especially Senator Grassley and Chairman Durbin, I was spared from spending another decade behind bars.