"The war on drugs has created an incarceration nation with too many people in prison for too long."
"One out of every 13 African Americans of voting age has lost the right to vote."
"We commend Senators Ben Cardin and Rand Paul for their leadership in this area."
"The time is now to pass the Smarter Sentencing Act."
"The relationship between law enforcement and the African-American community, as Senator Booker helped lay out in his presentation, has a long history based on fundamental injustices that our country h..."
"I want to thank you so much for this opportunity to testify and before I end, I would ask special consideration before the hearing record is closed, I would like to ask if the ACLU may submit a docume..."
"Which makes no sense."
"I hope that Senator Cruz, or whoever succeeds me, will continue in this tradition of addressing the issues of our day."
"I am very proud of what this Subcommittee has set out to do, particularly proud of the fact that we actually created legislation that starts to address some of these issues rather than just talk about..."
"I thank my colleague, Senator Kirk, for signing a blue slip signaling his support for that nomination."
"Thank you, Judge."
"Mr. Pitman, would that include your first assistant?"