Brenda Lawrence actually said...

a pothole does not have an 'R' or 'D' on it, it just needs to be fixed.

Two-thirds of incarcerated parents, two-thirds, are nonviolent offenders, often locked up for minor drug-related charges.

The United States holds 25 percent of the world's prison population, while we're only 5 percent of the world's population.

It is estimated that 2.7 million children under the age of 18 have a parent in prison or jail.