noteworthy and praise worthy. paul co-sponsored legislation with pat lachey to overrule mandatory minimum sentence if a judge orders a minimum sentence is in order. that s awesome. i hope more republicans and democrats continue to evolve on more sense with the begotten war on drugs. a bipartisan group of congressman who have law stopping the government from prosecuting marijuana sale and possession in those states where they are now legal. here s thing. in a nearly 2900 word speech, rand paul devoted 400 words to the war on drugs and criminal justice reform. the rest is what i criticized in my own coverage and and this a condescending lectures on major party and race relations with an obvious and easily checked o out lie about his spotty record for the entirely of the 1967 act pch i was genuinely disappointed in
boarder security? do we know what they are massaging as far as language is concerning right now. all of the language is dotting i s, crossing t s. what we do know is that senate judiciary committee, pat lachey, there will be more a week from today and the mark-up legislation would be may 6. so incremental progress, the senate moves slower than other bodies but that s what we have right new. it is interesting, mark. several cities will see a similar site. maybe not as many people but passionate voices who want immigration reform. what was it like seven years ago or longer that we saw rallies with immigration reform. we talked about the pressure from groups when it comes to gun
to immigration right now are saying right now, let s slow down. nbc news senior editor mark murray joining me now. mark, who are these senators and what are they saying? it is handful of senators. you have this ranking member of the judiciary committee, chuck grassley, along with high profile tea party types like ted cruz and senator from utah pup have texas in there. they wrote a letter asking senate judiciary chairman pat lachey to slow down, that it is going too fast. sometimes when people say, hey, slow down on this type of legislation, that is one tactic to be able to defeat it. we saw with healthcare legislation in 2009 within 2010, a lot of opponent said, let s slow down, let s stop the hearings, that is the first step of stopping legislation. let s talk to rand paul for a second. how do we think his aspirations