Samuel L. Jackson

Nowhere in that report did they indicate that there was any correlation between sanctuary cities and the devastation of opioid.

I do not believe they voted for the President to destroy the very fabric of this Nation.

I believe this is morally bankrupt.

You are killing Federal workers.

the recent tax bill law now which increases the deficit by approximately $1.8 trillion, it raises taxes on about 86 million middle-income families, and kicks about 13 million off of their health insurance.

The President tried to coerce the personal allegiance of FBI Director Comey. Failing to secure that, he fired him.

Unlike in a dictatorship, autocracy, or monarchy, where the king is law, in a constitutional democracy, such as the United States, the law is king.

We lock people up. They come home. And what we don't realize is that then we have communities that have an overconcentration of people who go in and out of prison, which actually kind continues the cycle of violence.

Mr. Blanco said that juveniles are used, are being used as pawns to carry out the bad deeds of gang leaders.

what we have done over the last 30 years is we have come up with so many laws, gang enhancements, to incarcerate a lot of people, and I don't think that we've necessarily spent much time looking at the root causes as to why people get…

My level of frustration is high because it is long overdue for holistic criminal justice reform.

I was very excited to hear about this hearing because to me it signaled what I hope is an indication that we actually will look back at history over the last couple of decades and consider doing something differently.

I want to dedicate this hearing to Kalief Browder who learned how to commit suicide, according to this article, on Rikers Island.

It is time for all of us to wake up and say, 'No more.' No to the policies that are robbing them of their youth by throwing them away into the adult penal institutions.

I believe that there is but one child in the Federal system, and that is one too many if there is one child.

We must not allow cuts or elimination of youth programs, as this will exacerbate the problems we are trying mightily to remedy through reform.

As a ranking member of the crime subcommittee, I am committed to finding ways to work collaboratively with the chairman, my colleagues, and experts like yourselves in order to move forward effectively on juvenile justice reform.

What role of oversight do you believe the Congress of the United States, particularly, that is, in fact, the peoples' representatives, should engage with this agreement?

I think that people back home understand that if you flatline budgets for things like Medicare and Medicaid...

I interpret that as a betrayal, betrayal of the children, seniors, working families, people who voted for Trump, cities, counties, and States.

I would like to suggest that one of the things you do is to cut not only his trips to Mar-a-Lago, but his trips overseas, because you are cutting $9 billion from the State Department.

You are going to eliminate the Community Services Block Grant, you are going to eliminate the Community Development Block Grant, you are going to eliminate Federal Emergency Management Agency State and local grants, all lifelines for…

I won't have to worry about shutting the government down because Americans will shut it this government down if the Trump betrayal budget ever passes.

Well, the President also promised he wouldn't cut Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, and he is cutting them.

Are you saying that you support a healthcare plan that makes distinctions between the deserving ill and the undeserving ill in deciding who can get Federal support and how much?