Charles Rangel actually said...

I sincerely hope that today's hearing is the start of legislation that will end the sentencing disparities.

The Major Drug Traffickers Prosecution Act of 2009 goes to the root of the problem by creating a more just system.

Mandatory sentences and the disparity. It took a long time, but they just did it last month.

Without showing some compassion, some sensitivity, it is just a merry-go-round, and it is just a short amount of time where 70 percent of th...