Hearing on: Unfairness in Federal Cocaine Sentencing: Is it Time to Crack the 100 to 1 Disparity?
The following bills will be considered:
| H.R. 1459 |
the "Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act 2009"; |
| H.R. 1466 |
the "Major Drug Trafficking Prosecution Act 2009"; |
| H.R. 265 |
the "Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act of 2009"; |
| H.R. 2178 |
the "Crack-Cocaine Equitable Sentencing Act of 2009"; |
| H.R. 18 |
the "Powder-Crack Cocaine Penalty Equalization Act of 2009." |
Thursday 05/21/2009 - 10:00 A.M.
2141 2237 Rayburn House Office Building
Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security
By Direction of the Chairman
Hearing Documentation
Hearing PDF (Serial No. 111-27)
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Witness List
Panel I
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Hon. Charles B. Rangel
U.S. House of Representatives
15th District, NY
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Hon. Shelia Jackson Lee
U.S. House of Representatives
18th District, TX
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Hon. Roscoe G. Bartlett
U.S. House of Representatives
6st District, MD
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Hon. Maxine Waters
U.S. House of Representatives
35st District, CA
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Panel II
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Lanny A. Breuer
Assistant Attorney General
Criminal Division
U.S. Department of Justice
Washington, DC
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Ricardo H. Hinojosa
U.S. District Court Judge
Southern District of Texas, and
Acting Chair U.S. Sentencing Commission
Washington, DC
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Scott Patterson
District Attorney, Eastern Maryland
on behalf of Joseph I. Cassilly
President of the National District Attorneys Association
Alexandria, VA
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Willie Mays Aikens
Kansas City, MO
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Bob Bushman
Vice President
National Narcotics Officers Association Coalition
Washington, DC
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Veronica Coleman-Davis
President and CEO
National Institute of Law and Equity
Memphis, TN
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Marc Mauer
Executive Director
The Sentencing Project
Washington, DC |
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