"More black and brown children grow up in poverty. More do not graduate from high school."
"I believe that those are some of the reasons why black men, men like myself, are incarcerated at a rate six times higher than men that look like you."
"Unfortunately, our new attorney general, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, seems to want to turn back the clock on policies we feel failed in the past and reimpose the imposition of extreme sentences fo..."
"Smart policies, like those we heard advocated for a little earlier in this hearing from our two senators and by Congressman Cummings and others on this committee, allow us to do both."
"Ranking Member Cummings and Congressman Issa of our committee have a bipartisan, bicameral bill called the Fair Chance Act."
"If we are going to criticize the priorities like individual cases, the value of class actions, and the various priorities, it seems to me we ought to invite a representative of the EEOC to explain the..."
"The criminal justice system as we have discussed has a disproportionate impact on people of color because they are overrepresented in that system for a number of reasons, historically."
"I understand the EEOC is appealing a ruling of the Federal District Court in Michigan regarding the Religious Freedom Restoration Act and how it can possibly override Title VII."
"I think cases like that, cases like Hobby Lobby, that allow for, as you described, sincerely held religious beliefs to be used to frankly discriminate or to exclude opens a dangerous door."
"Last year, 325,000 Americans serving through AmeriCorps and SeniorCorps invested 155 million hours of service to their communities."
"I hope that today's hearing makes clear to the American people that Republican school choice is not the type of choice that will achieve equity of educational opportunity for all children."
"If we are truly committed to fulfilling the promise of Brown for all of our children regardless of zip code, income, race, language status, or disability, we should invest in our public education syst..."