"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."
"There should be no doubt that what the Sackler family has done is absolutely criminal. They are the chief architects of this crisis."
"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."
"People in my district are no strangers to gun violence."
"For years we have watched our neighborhoods, our schools, parks, and infrastructure underfunded or actively defunded."
"It is time to fully fund and support community led and develop solutions to address the causes of trauma and of gun violence."
"I think there are serious structural problems with our criminal justice system and mass incarceration in our country."
"We are picking up the slack. I just feel like if you can sell the same exact drug elsewhere for a fraction of the price there is no reason that people should be forced to pay high prices here, such hi..."
"We all want to incentivize the development of new medicines, we do, but there is a difference between turning a profit and profiteering off of patients and families all over the world."
"We can't continue to let Big Pharma keep getting rich on life-saving medicines that people need to survive."