"Do you know why there is an increase in the number of hospitals that are closing in lower and minority income communities?"
"I want to thank you, Madam Chairman, and to all the witnesses it's been a very informative hearing that we've had today."
"I think that you're right on point, and there is a familiar saying--you might have heard it--that when the White community gets a cold, the Black community gets pneumonia, and I've found that to be re..."
"I understand the whole issue about menthol-flavored cigarettes and how they have adversely affected the African-American community."
"But maybe I am old school."
"Gun violence, Madam Chairman, is indeed a national epidemic."
"This epidemic gun violence is not just a law enforcement issue, Madam Chairman. It is a healthcare crisis in our Nation."
"I have introduced, as you have heard, H.R. 1114, legislation to require the Surgeon General... to submit an annual report on the impacts of gun violence on public health."
"Simply addressing easy access to guns will not solve all the challenges in these communities."
"I always say nothing stops a bullet like an opportunity."
"This is not a town hall hearing where we are going to have a lot of rah-rah and a lot of--the applause meter is going to go up."
"this senseless and ceaseless epidemic of gun violence."