I want to include all people, those who support me and those who don't because this is about finding common ground in getting above the fray that pol… - Aramis Ayala

Over the years, the Legislature has increased maximum sentence lengths, added habitual offender sentencing enhancements and imposed mandatory minimum sentences for a variety of offenses, including those involving controlled substances like marijuana,” Ayala said in a statement. “While this strategy may sound appealing to some, it has not proven to be effective at reducing crime or preventing those who have committed crimes from offending again. What it has done, is cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars at a time when budgets are already stretched thin.”

I could sit back in a comfortable seat, what we know it's going to be or I can fight like we've never fought before and make change for everyday people

When I first started running for Congress, I was thinking about the ability to make laws as state attorney, we're the executive branch of the government and there was a lot of frustration because unjust laws produce unjust execution of laws,