President Joe Biden is receiving pressure from Democrats in Congress to cut the sentences of thousands of federal prisoners in jail for drug crimes before he departs the White House, Politico reported on Wednesday.

A letter was sent recently to Biden from seven members of the Senate Judiciary Committee including Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., urging the president to commute sentences that would have been less severe under the First Step Act, which was passed in 2018 during President-elect Donald Trump’s first term.

That law reduced mandatory minimum sentences for some drug offenses, but they did not apply to those who were already convicted for those crimes.

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