Mike Lee: RNC resolution will boost criminal justice bill

Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, predicted Monday that the Republican National Committee’s resolution in support of criminal justice reform would boost a legislative package he helped write that has scrambled the usual political alliances in the Senate.

“The Republican National Committee’s strong endorsement of criminal justice reform this past weekend is just another example of how momentum for this issue is growing in the conservative movement,” Lee said in a statement to the Washington Examiner. “I hope the Senate will answer this call and take up our Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act soon.”