Chris Coons actually said...

"The costs, both the lifetime costs, the moral cost, the fiscal costs on African-American men in particular, as my colleague, Senator Booker detailed earlier, is overwhelming."

"I am clear that without this sort of action that you, Mr. Chairman, have led in leading this bipartisan bill, we will not make progress."

"I am a cosponsor and a supporter of the Smarter Sentencing Act that he and Senator Lee have advanced."

"It is my real hope that we will take action--an action that leads to change, that leads to hope."