Brenda Lawrence actually said...

"We know for decades there was a refusal to establish or identify gun violence as a health crisis."

"you can't tell me what the problem is more than once because once you can identify it, then let's get about fixing it."

"I wish that the system hadn't gone down."

"When are we going to start planning? And what is the plan to address these underlying conditions in the Black community, which I know are multiple?"