Summer Lee actually said...

"I think this is a lesson we teach young people in preschool and in middle school, in high school and college and adults, and we say, you made a mistake, let's talk about it, let's talk through our fee..."

"We know the harm we've done with the disparate sentencing around crack cocaine. It doesn't save us anything to not reverse those decisions for people that are inside."

"Congress' approach to crack cocaine and the entire framework of mandatory minimum sentences is one example of how the failed war on drugs destroyed communities for generations."

"As the Supreme Court has acknowledged, I've been fighting to change these disparities for over a decade, and I will continue to do so as we seek to end mandatory minimum sentencing."