Speeches and Submissions

 

Statements, Testimony, and Submissions

• Commission Public Meeting Remarks Chief Judge Patti B. Saris (December 2016)


• Speech on Constitution Day Chief Judge Patti B. Saris, Smith College (September 2016)


• Commission Public Meeting Remarks Chief Judge Patti B. Saris (April 2016)


• Fiscal Year 2015 Buy American Act Report to the Congress. On March 30, 2016, the United States Sentencing Commission submitted its Buy American Act report to the Congress.


• Commission Public Meeting Remarks Chief Judge Patti B. Saris (January 2016)


• Prepared Statement of Patti B. Saris, Chair, United States Sentencing Commission, for the House Committee on the Judiciary On November 18, 2015, the Sentencing Commission submitted a statement to the House Judiciary Committee regarding "HR. 3713, Sentencing Reform Act of 2015".


• Prepared Statement of Patti B. Saris, Chair, United States Sentencing Commission, for the Senate Committee on the Judiciary On October 21, 2015, the Sentencing Commission submitted a statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee regarding "S. 2123, Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2015".


• Speech: "The 2015 Economic Crime Amendments," Chief Judge Patti B. Saris, Keynote Address at the Regulatory Offenses and Criminal Law Conference, New York University School of Law (April 2015)


• Public Meeting of the Charles Colson Task Force on Federal Corrections, Testimony of Chief Judge Patti B. Saris (January 2015)


• Fiscal Year 2014 Buy American Act Report to the Congress. On March 30, 2015, the United States Sentencing Commission submitted its Buy American Act report to the Congress.(March 2015)


• Commission Public Meeting Remarks Chief Judge Patti B. Saris (July 2014)


• Testimony of Patti B. Saris, Chair, United States Sentencing Commission, Before the Over-Criminalization Task Force of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States House of Representatives (July 2014)


• Commission Public Meeting Remarks Chief Judge Patti B. Saris (April 2014)


• Fiscal Year 2013 Buy American Act Report to the Congress. On March 31, 2014, the United States Sentencing Commission submitted its Buy American Act report to the Congress. (March 2014)


• Speech: "A Generational Shift for Drug Sentences," Chief Judge Patti B. Saris, Georgetown University Law Center (March 2014)


• Sentencing Commission Letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee Regarding Proposals for Sentencing Reform. In late November, Chair Saris sent a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee expressing the Commission's unanimous support for specific statutory changes that would reduce prison costs and promote fairness in sentencing. (November 2013)


• Sentencing Commission Statement for the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Hearing, “Reevaluating the Effectiveness of Federal Mandatory Minimum Sentences.” On September 18, 2013, the Sentencing Commission submitted a statement for the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing titled “Reevaluating the Effectiveness of Federal Mandatory Minimum Sentences.” (September 2013)


• Fiscal Year 2012 Buy American Act Report to Congress. On April 1, 2013, the United States Sentencing Commission submitted this report to Congress pursuant to section 606 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012, Pub. L. No. 112-74. (March 2013)


• Sentencing Commission Letter for the Record Regarding the Senate Judiciary Committee's Hearing, "Rising Prison Costs: Restricting Budgets and Crime Prevention Options." On August 7, 2012, the Sentencing Commission submitted a letter for inclusion in the record of the August 1, 2012, Senate Judiciary Committee's hearing, "Rising Prison Costs: Restricting Budgets and Crime Prevention Options." (August 2012)


• Report to Congress Regarding the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions Accountability and Divestment Act of 2010. On December 14, 2011, the Commission submitted this report to Congress pursuant to a congressional directive in section 107 of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions Accountability and Divestment Act of 2010, Pub. L. No. 111–195. (December 2011)


• Prepared Statement of Patti B. Saris, Chair, United States Sentencing Commission, Before the House Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security (October 2011)


• Amicus Curiae Brief Filed by the United States Sentencing Commission On March 3, 2010, the United States Sentencing Commission filed an amicus curiae brief with the Supreme Court of the United States in support of the United States in Percy Dillon v. United States, 09-6338.


• United States Sentencing Commission Report to Congress Regarding Federal Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Penalties On July 10, 2009, the Sentencing Commission submitted a report on federal mandatory minimum sentencing penalties to the House Judiciary Committee for inclusion in the record of the July 14, 2009, Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Subcommittee Hearing entitled "Mandatory Minimums and Unintended Consequences."


• Prepared Statement of Ricardo H. Hinojosa, Acting Chair, United States Sentencing Commission Before the House Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security - May 21, 2009


• Prepared Statement of Ricardo H. Hinojosa, Acting Chair, United States Sentencing Commission before the Senate Judiciary Committee's Crime and Drugs Subcommittee - April 29, 2009


• Prepared Statement of Ricardo H. Hinojosa, Chair, United States Sentencing Commission before the Senate Judiciary Committee's Crime and Drugs Subcommittee - February 26, 2008


• Prepared Statement of Ricardo H. Hinojosa, Chair, United States Sentencing Commission before the Senate Judiciary Committee's Crime and Drugs Subcommittee - February 12, 2008


• Prepared Statement of Ricardo H. Hinojosa, Chair, United States Sentencing Commission before the House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security - June 26, 2007


• Amicus Curiae Brief Filed by the United States Sentencing Commission On January 22, 2007, the United States Sentencing Commission filed an amicus curiae brief with the Supreme Court of the United States in Support of the United States in Claiborne v. United States and Rita v. United States. The brief addressed the question of whether a district court's application of the Sentencing Guidelines produces a presumptively reasonable sentence.


• Prepared Testimony of Judge Ricardo H. Hinojosa, Chair, United States Sentencing Commission before the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Committee on the Judiciary, United States House of Representatives - March 16, 2006


• Sentencing Commission Letter to Congress Regarding H.R. 1528 On April 19, 2005, the Sentencing Commission submitted a letter to the House Judiciary Committee regarding H.R. 1528, the "Defending America's Most Vulnerable: Safe Access to Drug Treatment and Child Protection Act of 2005".


• Prepared Statement of Ricardo H. Hinojosa, Chair, United States Sentencing Commission, before the House Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security - February 10, 2005


• Amicus Curiae Brief Filed By United States Sentencing Commission On September 1, 2004, the Commission filed an amicus curiae brief with the United States Supreme Court in support of the position of the United States in the consolidated cases U.S. v. Booker and U.S. v Fanfan.


• Testimony of Commissioner John R. Steer and Judge William K. Sessions, III, before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Blakely v. Washington and the Future of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines (July 13, 2004)


• Statement of Diana E. Murphy, Chair of the United States Sentencing Commission, Before the Senate Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs (May 22, 2002) View Charts and Figures.


• Statement of Charles Tetzlaff, General Counsel of the United States Sentencing Commission, Before the House Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Subcommittee regarding pending legislation to disapprove the Commission's guideline amendment regarding a "mitigating role cap" for drug trafficking offenses. (May 14, 2002)


• Sentencing Commission Letter to Congress Regarding Penalties for Cultural Heritage Resource Crimes On April 3, 2002, the Sentencing Commission submitted a letter to the Senate Committee on the Judiciary regarding Penalties for Cultural Heritage Resource Crimes.


• Statement of Diana E. Murphy, Chair of the United States Sentencing Commission, Before the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control (March 21, 2001) and Related Figures


• Sentencing Commission Hearing Statements and Departures Exhibit, Criminal Justice Oversight Subcommittee of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary (October 13, 2000)


• Statement of John R. Steer, Member and Vice Chair of the United States Sentencing Commission Before the House Governmental Reform Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and Human Resources (May 11, 2000) Figures


• Testimony of the United States Sentencing Commission before the House Crime Subcommittee (December 19, 1995)