"I would hope because there is bipartisan effort in this area in terms of looking at what we need to do to safely reduce the prison population."
"We think this is a big issue. It is a big issue in our State."
"We see this as a situation in which there could be an opportunity to really do something very significant in terms of our young people."
"But, again, they took the money, but we see that there are other issues that community-based leaders, faith and grassroots and others, are saying the relationship is worn."
"What other tools do you feel that you have on criminal justice reform to help restore this trust that exists that we need to restore on our communities?"
"I would hope as you begin your term here that you look also at those of a significant age or significantly ill where they would pose no threat to the general public."
"I want to associate myself with the remarks of Senator Leahy... about the need for reviewing sentencing reform."
"There has been now a tattered, worn, and even broken trust between the community and the police department."
"Do you think that there should be mandatory training in the areas of ethnic and racial bias as well as also on the use of force?"
"The budget that we just passed yesterday is so deeply flawed that it will only provoke tremendous problems in this committee."
"The lack of available temporary foreign workers has caused chaos among businesses in Maryland that depend on the H-2B program. More than 40 percent of Maryland's seafood processors have been unable to..."