Justice is supposed to be blind.

With President Trump, I am afraid that we have received a new low when it comes to the clemency power...

Clemency should be expanded to become a routine part of the criminal justice system.

I hope you were here when I let you know that I have criticized President Obama, too, for what I thought was a late process and not issuing enough commutations.

We hold this hearing today to remind America that today there are few things more fiercely urgent than the need to grant clemency to the thousands who suffer from the burdens of excessive and unjust imprisonment, or the collateral…

Even when President Trump grants clemency in a deserving case, he does so seemingly for the wrong reasons, and through the wrong means.

Perhaps not coincidentally, these burdens are disproportionately borne by people of color.

I appreciate your history and your testimony, but you were 5 minutes over.

The pursuit of law and order, the encouragement of redemption are not mutually exclusive pursuits. These are quintessential American values.

Not far from here, almost 57 years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King spoke movingly to remind America of the fierce urgency of now, because now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God's children.

We should be working together to make Amtrak more attractive to customers, not just miserable when you go in those dining cars.