Rubio opposes sentencing reform legislation

Published May 12, 2016 11:43pm ET



Marco Rubio is a firm opponent of the bipartisan sentencing reform legislation pending in the Senate, following a review of the bill and multiple conversations with Republican proponents of the package.

“I just have too many concerns about the spike in violent crime in this country and what impact that law would have on it,” Rubio told the Washington Examiner. “I just can’t support it.”

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