Mary Scanlon actually said...

"African American folks are locked up at, what, five times the rate of White people."

"There is a disproportionate representation of people of color among poor people in this country."

"Before coming to Congress just last November, I was a public interest attorney, and so my work focused on access to justice, access to the ballot, and access to a good public education."

"One in four children, African American children, in my district have asthma largely as a result of these environmental factors."