No, Supporting Criminal Justice Reform Isn't Being ‘Soft On Crime’

The FIRST STEP Act is designed to enhance public safety by placing prisoners in rehabilitative programs to make it less likely that they will re-offend after they return to their communities.

Cotton expressed hope that the bill's flaws-which he declined to identify-could be fixed on a bipartisan basis, but he decried the addition of a few modest sentencing reform proposals being urged by Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and others.