Posted on 05/09/2015 5:35:58 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul will host a meeting with members of the Congressional Black Caucus next week to discuss criminal justice reform.
The libertarian-leaning senator from Kentucky has long been an outspoken advocate for changing how the American criminal system prosecutes and sentences. Now he’s teaming up with Rep. Bobby Scott (D-Va.), and other black lawmakers, to craft a strategy for advancing legislation as law enforcement issues have taken center stage following the death of several unarmed black men at the hands of police.
“Not only is Senator Paul the [S]enate co-sponsor of the Justice Safety Valve Act, which provides a method for judges to override mandatory minimums, but he was also instrumental in convincing the Senate to unanimously pass H.R. 1447, the Death in Custody Reporting Act, which Congressman Scott introduced and which is the first post-Ferguson Act of Congress,” says the email from Scott’s office inviting CBC members.
The Congressional Black Caucus has been pushing for decades to reform the criminal justice system, including doing away with laws that force mandatory minimums for certain drug offenses or requiring police department to retrain and adopt body cameras.
Last week, Paul introduced legislation with Rep. Keith Ellison, a liberal Democrat from Minnesota, that seeks to reclassify some nonviolent drug possession offenses from felonies to misdemeanors.
The Scott email, which was obtained by POLITICO, added that Paul agreed “not mention this meeting or any Member’s attendance at the meeting to the media or as part of his campaign.”
The meeting is set for Wednesday night.
A spokesman from Scott’s office declined to comment and a spokeswoman from Paul’s office did not return a request for comment.
Rand Paul? Is he still hanging around?
Pander Bear looks remarkably like Jesse Jacksome to my eye
Rand is a loser
Hanging around telling people he’s not one of those awful kind of republicans
Once I think I can’t despise this schmuck more than I do, I get proven wrong and I despise him more.
Rand Paul On Shutdown: "Even Though It Appeared I Was Participating In It, It Was A Dumb Idea"I said throughout the whole battle that shutting down the government was a dumb idea. Even though it did appear as if I was participating in it, I said it was a dumb idea. And the reason I voted for it, though, is that it's a conundrum. Here's the conundrum. We have a $17 trillion debt and people at home tell me you can't give the president a blank check. We just can't keep raising the debt ceiling without conditions. So unconditionally raising the debt ceiling, nobody at home wants me to vote for that and I can't vote for that. But the conundrum is if I don't we do approach these deadlines. So there is an impasse. In 2011, though, we had this impasse and the president did negotiate. We got the sequester. If we were to extend the sequester from discretionary spending to all the entitlements we would actually fix our problem within a few years.[Posted on 11/19/2013 12:16:51 PM by Third Person]
Rand Paul: Time for GOP to soften war stance...by softening its edge on some volatile social issues and altering its image as the party always seemingly "eager to go to war... We do need to expand the party and grow the party and that does mean that we don't always all agree on every issue" ... the party needs to become more welcoming to individuals who disagree with basic Republican doctrine on emotional social issues such as gay marriage... "We're going to have to be a little hands off on some of these issues ... and get people into the party," Paul said.[Posted on 01/31/2013 5:08:50 PM PST by xzins]
Rand Paul's immigration speech...The Republican Party must embrace more legal immigration.[Posted on 03/19/2013 7:04:07 AM PDT by Perdogg]
Unfortunately, like many of the major debates in Washington, immigration has become a stalemate-where both sides are imprisoned by their own rhetoric or attachment to sacred cows that prevent the possibility of a balanced solution.
Immigration Reform will not occur until Conservative Republicans, like myself, become part of the solution. I am here today to begin that conversation.
Let's start that conversation by acknowledging we aren't going to deport 12 million illegal immigrants.
If you wish to work, if you wish to live and work in America, then we will find a place for you...
This is where prudence, compassion and thrift all point us toward the same goal: bringing these workers out of the shadows and into being taxpaying members of society.
Imagine 12 million people who are already here coming out of the shadows to become new taxpayers.12 million more people assimilating into society. 12 million more people being productive contributors.
Rand Paul calls on conservatives to embrace immigration reformLatinos, should be a natural constituency for the party, Paul argued, but "Republicans have pushed them away with harsh rhetoric over immigration." ...he would create a bipartisan panel to determine how many visas should be granted for workers already in the United States and those who might follow... [and the buried lead] "Imagine 12 million people who are already here coming out of the shadows to become new taxpayers...[Posted on 04/21/2013 1:52:42 PM PDT by SoConPubbie]
[but he's not in favor of amnesty, snicker, definition of is is]
Rand Slams Congress for Funding Egypt's Generals: 'How Does Your Conscience Feel Now?'Sen. Rand Paul is hammering his fellow senators for keeping billions in financial aid flowing to Egypt's military -- even as Cairo's security forces massacre anti-government activists. [by "anti-government activists" is meant church-burning Christian-murdering jihadists][Posted on 08/15/2013 5:44:10 PM PDT by Hoodat]
The slain police officers: Rafael Ramos, 40, left, and Wenjian Liu, 32. Credit New York Police Department
Bo Dietl -- Bill de Blasio Should RESIGN Tomorrow!
This guy is going nowhere fast...
Tassel-topped peter-puffer....
This goes down as a failing grade on my Paul scorecard
Moves Rubio ahead of him trailing Ted Walker
Rand Paul ought to get his hair teased into a blond afro. I’m not into that ancient Greek homosexual look.
[Rand Paul will host a meeting with members of the Congressional Black Caucus next week to discuss criminal justice reform. ]
How about bringing back The Ten Commandment in the public schools and teaching students The Golden Rule?
Marilyn Mosby, the Riots in Baltimore, Police falsely changed, black criminals go Scott free, yes indeed it all fits into Rand Paul’s leftist agenda..... Wonder why the Neonuts Paulbots are so quiet about this or offer coheriant constructive diolog on this issue ?
No, he’s not a loser, he fits in well with the racist race hustlers in Baltimore...
Rand Paul the trojan horse leftist canadate.
Iowa Republican Presidential Caucus
Quinnipiac Poll May 6th
Walker 21, Rubio 13, Bush 5, Paul 13, Huckabee 11, Cruz 12, Carson 7, Christie 3, Perry 3, Santorum 2, Fiorina 2, Kasich 2
Rand Paul is currently 4th in Iowa and fading fast.
Liberal Code for ignoring the law....
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