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url	title	date	year	month	party	chamber	state	member_name	bioguide_id	domain	scraper	source	date_source	text	has_text	collected_at	updated_at
https://www.cruz.senate.gov?p=press_release&id=4228	Sen. Cruz Applauds Senate Passage of First Step Act	2018-12-18	2018	2018-12	Republican	House	TX	Ted Cruz	C001098	www.cruz.senate.gov			legacy	WASHINGTON, D.C. U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today released the following statement after Senate passage of the First Step Act: From my first days in the Senate, I have been a strong advocate for criminal justice reform. The First Step Act is a major bill that moves our system in the direction of greater justice. It lowers mandatory minimums for non-violent drug offenders and increases anti-recidivism programs to help offenders better reenter society, while excluding violent offenders from early release from federal prison. The First Step Act both helps nonviolent, low-level offenders transition back into society while at the same time protecting public safety. It will create greater opportunities for offenders to be rehabilitated, and will reduce the costs of our federal prison system while protecting public safety. Too many young men, particularly young black men, face long mandatory prison sentences for nonviolent drug offenses; this bipartisan legislation corrects that injustice. And it will focus our law enforcement resources where they are most needed: preventing violent crime. I want to thank the bill sponsors for working with me to amend the bill in order to explicitly exclude violent felons from its coverage. With my amendment adopted, I was proud to vote in favor of this bill in the Senate, and I look forward to its passage in the House and signing by the President. ###	1	2026-03-30T12:14:52Z	2026-03-30T12:14:52Z