Earl Blumenauer: “I support the Witness Protection and Interstate Relocation Act as passed by the House of Representatives today. I voted…”

“I support the Witness Protection and Interstate Relocation Act as passed by the House of Representatives today. I voted for the bill because I believe protection of witnesses is one of the most important principles of the judicial process. We cannot tolerate interference or tampering with witnesses at any level of the judicial process, and any effort the federal government can make to ensure greater witness protection is a step in the right direction. While I do not agree with some of the details of the bill, in my mind, the importance of protecting witnesses, a cornerstone of our system of justice, supersedes those concerns.”