A resolution expressing support for the designation of April 1, 2025, through April 30, 2025, as "Fair Chance Jobs Month".

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. Res. 189 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. RES. 189 Expressing support for the designation of April 1, 2025, through April 30, 2025, as ``Fair Chance Jobs Month''. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 30, 2025 Mr. Markey (for himself, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Booker, Mr. Durbin, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Padilla, Ms. Warren, Mr. Welch, Ms. Smith, and Mr. Kim) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions _______________________________________________________________________ RESOLUTION Expressing support for the designation of April 1, 2025, through April 30, 2025, as ``Fair Chance Jobs Month''. Whereas, in the United States-- (1) nearly 80,000,000 people have a record of arrest or conviction; (2) an estimated 19,000,000 people have felony convictions; (3) nearly 13,000,000 people are charged each year with misdemeanor offenses; (4) 600,000 people are released each year from Federal and State prisons; (5) Black, Indigenous, and Latino…