I thank Congresswoman Kelly. We are here today to begin a conversation about a fair, equitable, and colorblind criminal justice system. That should be something that all Americans embrace, and that is what we are going to work toward as we move toward the next Congress in 2015. To close, I yield to the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee).
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