Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I rise to reintroduce the People's Justice Guarantee, a bold, progressive vision to transform our criminal legal system from what it currently is to what it ought to be. For far too long, Congress has enacted policies that failed millions of men, women, and children by expanding our carceral system and divesting from Black and Latinx communities. Growing up with an incarcerated parent, these failures are personal to me. I worked with folks in communities that have been marginalized and ignored, like the incarcerated brothers of the AACC in the Massachusetts Seventh, to craft a resolution that confronts the systemic injustices that destabilized families and traumatized generations. We should provide care for those in crisis, not confine them in solitary. We should house our immigrant neighbors, not deport them from their communities. We should counsel our kids, not lock them up in prison. The People's Justice Guarantee offers these solutions and many others in a robust framework for a humane, equitable, and just legal system. Mr. Speaker, I am proud to reintroduce the People's Justice Guarantee so America can finally fulfill its promise of justice for all. ____________________”