Political Quotes

“It is important to note that I previously asked for some letters to be entered into the Record, and I think it is important to note some of the points that these organizations raise back to the ACLU and the Association of Social Workers and other groups. They talk about this bill leading to overcriminalization and mass incarceration of people of color. It talks about the bill disproportionately impacting people in communities of color. I think our country has had some, I think, very constructive conversations of late relating to these issues of mass incarceration and overcriminalization, and I think this bill sets us back in terms of those conversations that we have been having. Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.”