"It is a systemic issue. Jamal is no anomaly. It is the reality of tens of millions of households and individuals across this country."
"Roughly 20 percent of the American public are people with medical debt who are disproportionately representing marginalized communities who are struggling with their health issues."
"That is an injustice."
"I am still concerned about the 30 percent of medical bills that won't be removed and the impact that this will have on low-income consumers in my district."
"Our credit reporting system is a broken one, and we have to legislate and act in such a way to address it."
"This is a crisis, and we must act swiftly."
"Housing is at the intersection of everything."
"Congress must act simultaneously by investing in affordable housing supply as a long-term solution."
"we need laws that center healing and prioritize equity, but every law is only as good as its enforcement."
"we did create the first in the Nation social equity program which does provide residents who are disproportionately harmed by the war on drugs with access to critical resources grants and low-or no-in..."
"those of us that are directly impacted, we experience a host of collateral consequences."
"Congress will not be able to give me back the four years that I lost or any other time that anybody has lost."