Editorial: Bipartisan bill would help former inmates and the industries that want to hire them
The editorial credits Higgins with helping advance the TWICE Act and quotes his support for expanding access to transportation jobs.

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The editorial praises Reps. Clay Higgins and Troy Carter for helping pass the bipartisan TWICE Act, which would ease formerly incarcerated people’s access to transportation-sector jobs through the TWIC program. It urges the Senate to pass the bill promptly.
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