On behalf of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), a nonpartisanorganization with more than a half million members, countlessactivists and supporters, and fifty-three affiliates nationwide, we urge you toco-sponsor H.R. 3245, the Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009,recently introduced by Representative Robert Scott (D-VA). This bill seeksto eliminate the unjust and discriminatory disparity between crack andpowder cocaine sentences under federal law.