Elijah Cummings actually said...

"I think a lot of people do not realize how difficult it is when someone has a record."

"I do not think people really fully understand the volume of African American people who are locked up for offenses like dealing with marijuana and things of that nature, nonviolent."

"What they wanted more than anything was to be productive members of society. They wanted to have a job."

"the idea is to give people a chance so that they can then go forward and do for their families."