Cedric Richmond actually said...

"Mr. Chairman, let me just thank you for taking the time to come down to New Orleans and have a subcommittee hearing."

"Every dollar we spend on incarceration makes the country less safe, so we need to figure it out."

"So we just have to make sure that the spirit of the law and the goals are what we reach..."

"I want to thank you for that commitment and working with the ranking member of the subcommittee..."