Legislation Part of Rep. Blumenauer’s Broader Efforts on Criminal Justice Reform
Washington, DC –-(ENEWSPF)–September 10, 2015. As part of his broader effort to reform the U.S. criminal justice system, today Representative Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), with Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Representative Elijah Cummings (D-MD), introducedthe Fair Chance Act to ensure fair chance hiring policies in the federal government. This legislation would “ban the box” and remove questions about an individual’s conviction history on federal job…
