"Numerous people create calendar entries on what can be labeled my calendar to maintain a schedule for the organization of daily appointments, both personal and official."
"Our bill would do what many state agencies and private corporations are already doing."
"It will give formerly incarcerated individuals a fair chance at a job and a piece of the American dream."
"Criminal justice reform is very personal to me. I have seen the problems that plague the system through many lenses."
"I support the bill, and we all should support the bill."
"I worked on the First Step Act with my friend, Hakeem Jeffries and introduced it with a belief that we can and should do better when it comes to our prison system and our criminal justice system."
"The Fair Chance Act is important, both in terms of what it does, and in terms of the example it sets."
"We can do better. We can provide meaningful opportunities to those who have paid their dues who are seeking a second chance."
"It is my hope that members of this committee and all of my colleagues will look at a strong, bipartisan support of this bill already has and join this effort to reduce recidivism, strengthen communiti..."
"I am going to be very brief."
"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."