Steve Cohen actually said...

In our society, even a conviction for a minor, non-violent offense can effectively be a life sentence...

It should be, in my opinion--and I am far from a member of the tea party--but it seems like the tea party should grasp this issue.

The main way that we can deal with this is through pardons, by the pardon power of the President, which he has not used.

H.R. 1493 threatens to undermine rulemaking by tilting this playing field in favor of anti-regulatory forces at taxpayers' expense.