On the recordMay 22, 2017
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Once again, this bill has no new mandatory minimum sentences. These are not low-level offenders. These are not nonviolent offenders. They are violent sexual predators, and these added offenders--which this bill does to close, again, a loophole--these added offenders have committed the exact same crimes with the exact same conduct as those already covered in existing law. This bill aims to apply the mandatory minimums equitably, and that, I think, should be an important goal for all of us. Again, there are no new mandatory minimums in this bill, and I reserve the balance of my time.
