Steve Cohen actually said...

"The stain of slavery was not just inked in bloodshed but in the overt state-sponsored policies that fueled white supremacy and racism and have disadvantaged African Americans economically for generati..."

"I believe this is an urgent moment. And this bill, which I am now leading on the Senate side, is the beginning of an important process."

"The Federal Government should pay because the Federal Government was deeply complicit in housing segregation and redlining."

"I am concerned about those who have been left behind, the masses of African American descendants of slaves who are mired in hopelessness and despair in communities of crime, violence, poverty, and rac..."