Danny Davis actually said...

"We should not be cutting off food, housing, and healthcare for people who aren't working. We should be knocking down the barriers that are keeping them from getting good jobs and supporting them, just..."

"Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. And I, too, thank the witnesses for being here."

"Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and I want to thank you for holding this hearing about the continuing decline in working-age men in the labor force."

"I see every day the structure barriers to work that face low-income men in Chicago, especially African American men."