I would like to get you to today to commit to do everything in your power to expedite the discharge for these 500,000 Americans with disabilities.

I am concerned about the raging, raging of mental health issues in our school districts and in our colleges and universities.

We can help close the 23 billion racial funding gap that exists between school districts serving students of color and those serving predominantly white students.

The past year has disrupted the education of millions of students and placed a tremendous strain on our students, parents, and our teachers.

Thank you to today's witnesses for illuminating President Biden's budget priorities.

We can help break this cycle of incarceration by including reentry programs.

Today's hearing shed a helpful light on the challenges that justice-involved individuals face to find employment.

Empowering justice-involved individuals to find high-quality careers should be a bipartisan issue. It's not only the right thing to do, its' also a smart thing to do.

We spend so much money on incarcerating hundreds of thousands of Americans each year. It's time that we invest in the training and support services to help individuals find sustainable high-quality careers that will reduce recidivism and strengthen our communities.

If we want, if we really, really want to break the cycle of costly incarceration we need to reject dehumanizing policies in favor of investing in opportunities for these individuals to succeed.

If we really want to break the cycle of costly incarceration, we need to reject dehumanizing policies in favor of investing in opportunities for these individuals to succeed.