01/14/2009
https://www.congress.gov...
"We find ourselves as a Nation in the midst of a profound, deeply corrosive crisis that we have largely been ignoring at our peril."
"The disintegration of this system day by day, year by year, and the movement toward mass incarceration... is dramatically affecting millions of lives."
"It is in the interests of every American, in every community across this land, that we thoroughly examine our entire criminal justice system."
"I actually offered an amendment yesterday, on the exact point that you just made."