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Last Friday, members of my St. George staff visited The Wall That Heals during its four-day stop in St. George. Organized and operated by the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, The Wall That Heals is a traveling museum that helps bring closure and healing to the many millions of people who have been impacted by the Vietnam War.

We rise today to speak about the Smarter Sentencing Act, a bipartisan piece of legislation that would make targeted reforms to mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent drug offenses. I was proud to join Senator Durbin in introducing this legislation and I want to thank our Senate cosponsors: Senators Jeff Flake, Cory Booker, Ted Cruz, Patrick Leahy, Rand Paul, Sheldon Whitehouse, Johnny Isakson, and Chris Coons. I also want to thank the lead sponsors of the House version of the Smarter Sentencing Act, Congressmen Raul Labrador and Bobby Scott. It is not often that you see a political coalition like this on Capitol Hill. It reflects the importance of an issue whose time has come: reforming our federal sentencing laws.

WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Mike Lee announced that he has hired Conn Carroll to be his new Communications Director. Carroll, currently the White House Correspondent for Townhall.com, will join Senator Lee’s senior staff on Monday, March 30.

Since last November the American people have been waiting for the GOP majorities in the House and Senate to offer a positive, unifying vision for the country that addresses working families’ anxieties about our economy and frustrations with our government. Much of the work done by congressional Republicans during the first two months of the new Congress has failed to make an impact – though not for lack of effort.