[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 189 (Thursday, December 19, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S7242]
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                         SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS

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 SENATE RESOLUTION 935--CONDEMNING THE COMMUTATION OF MICHAEL CONAHAN 
            GRANTED BY PRESIDENT BIDEN ON DECEMBER 12, 2024

  Mr. COTTON submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
the Committee on the Judiciary:

                              S. Res. 935

     SECTION 1. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING THE COMMUTATION OF 
                   MICHAEL CONAHAN GRANTED BY PRESIDENT BIDEN ON 
                   DECEMBER 12, 2024.

       It is the sense of the Senate that--
       (1) President Joseph R. Biden undermined the rule of law 
     and robbed victims of justice, when he issued the commutation 
     of Michael Conahan on December 12, 2024;
       (2) Michael Conahan was a judge convicted of accepting 
     kickbacks in exchange for his role in sentencing more than 
     2,300 children to private juvenile detention centers;
       (3) this commutation is a reprehensible insult to the 
     victims of Michael Conahan;
       (4) the action of the President is made yet more outrageous 
     by his failure to individually review Michael Conahan's case;
       (5) President Biden acted contrary to the original intent 
     of the Presidential pardon power to correct specific and 
     limited failures in the criminal justice system; and
       (6) the Senate condemns this commutation and condemns the 
     process by which it was approved.

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