For Immediate Release: Austin, TX — Right on Crime today announced the addition of former Governor Luis Fortuño, a former Member of Congress, to its growing list of prominent conservatives committed to public safety and cost-effective criminal justice reform as outlined in the Right on Crime Statement of Principles.
Right on Crime is a national campaign of the Texas Public Policy Foundation in partnership with the American Conservative Union Foundation and Justice Fellowship. It supports fighting crime, prioritizing victims, and protecting taxpayers from excessive and often counterproductive spending on prisons.
The movement to reform underperforming and wasteful criminal justice programs had its origins in Texas in 2005; its success has been duplicated and continues to serve as a model for effective policies around the country. In recent years, states like Texas, Mississippi, South Dakota and Georgia have led the way in implementing correctional reforms that save tax dollars and more effectively promote public safety.
“I fully subscribe to Right on Crime’s Statement of Principles,” Gov. Fortuño said. “Ensuring the safety of America’s citizens does not mean government needs to break the bank. I look forward to working with Right on Crime, and their efforts to promote effective, conservative reforms to the criminal justice system.”
Governor Fortuño joins 60 prominent conservative leaders who have endorsed the principles of conservative criminal justice reform, including former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, former U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese, former New Mexico Attorney General Hal Stratton and former U.S. Congressman J.C. Watts, former Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, former Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro, former Florida Attorney General Richard Doran, Americans for Tax Reform President Grover Norquist, and ConservativeHQ.com Chairman Richard Viguerie. The most recent new Right on Crime signatories are former Maryland Governor Bob Ehrlich and former Virginia Attorney General Mark Earley.
“We are pleased to have Gov. Fortuño join our cause. We look forward to his ideas to making criminal justice reforms effective and fiscally responsible,” said Chuck DeVore, Vice President of Policy at the Texas Public Policy Foundation.
Luis Fortuño represented Puerto Rico in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2005-2009, during which he chaired the Congressional Hispanic Conference. He served as the tenth governor of Puerto Rico, from 2009-2013. He is a partner with the law firm of Steptoe and Johnson.
For more information or to schedule an interview with Right on Crime spokespersons, please contact Kevin McVicker at (703) 739-5920 or [email protected].