05/19/2021
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"For St. Louis, this hearing could not be more urgent. This is a crisis that has touched so many in my district, but its devastation has disproportionately been borne by black families."
"It is imperative that we hold the Sacklers accountable, but it is also imperative that we build systems that support black and brown people."
"The ongoing and racist war on drugs has been waged on black and brown families like those in my district, all the while allowing people like the Sacklers to evade accountability."
"I think there are serious structural problems with our criminal justice system and mass incarceration in our country."