Joe Courtney actually said...

"criminal background checks if not used, you know, sensibly, can have the net effect of harming or excluding people from employment who--particularly the African-American and Latinos."

"5423 is a blunt instrument which even Mr. Dreiband's testimony acknowledged, you know, kind of sets in motion a mechanism which sweeps up a much more damaging path as far as the--what it could do to i..."

"A legislative response, which is really, you know, what is on the agenda here today--is a fool's errand."

"We should instead be finding opportunities to work together to bolster this nation's civil rights laws."