Honorable Hakeem Jeffries
United States Representative, New York, Democrat
Representative Jeffries, of the Eighth District of New York, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2012. He served in the New York State Assembly from 2007 to 2012. He sits on the Judiciary Committee and the Budget Committee. The following is from the May 22, 2018, House floor debate on H.R. 5682, the FIRST STEP Act. I thank Chairman Goodlatte as well as several distinguished members of the Judiciary Committee for their leadership on this issue and, of course, my good friend Doug Collins for being a phenomenal champion of improving the lives of currently incarcerated…
