Dan Lungren had been here when that was passed. He pointed out, and I went back and pulled some articles and found out that he was right, that when the extraordinarily higher punishment for crack cocaine was passed through this Committee in the House, there were Members of the Congressional Black Caucus, including Charlie Rangel, that said if you vote against this, then you're in favor of destroying the Black community.
Gohmert discusses past comments on sentencing disparities for crack versus powder cocaine.
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