WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn issued the following news release:
U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) released the following statements after their Federal Carjacking Enforcement Act advanced out of the Senate Judiciary Committee. This legislation would make a long overdue fix to the federal carjacking statute, empowering prosecutors to hold more offenders accountable.
"We need to make it easier for federal prosecutors to combat and prevent carjackings," said Senator Blackburn. "My Federal Carjacking Enforcement Act would make our streets safer for Tennesseans and all Americans by fixing a broken statute that has hindered federal prosecutors from holding carjacking offenders accountable. I am...