[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 38 (Wednesday, March 1, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H2397]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                          COLOR-BLIND JUSTICE

  (Mr. FLAKE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mr. FLAKE. Mr. Speaker, I am overjoyed at all of the discussions that 
we are having about a color-blind society. A color-blind society starts 
with color-blind justice.
  Yesterday, the U.S. Commission on Sentences released a study. That 
study said that crack sentences put more blacks in prison. It must be 
understood that the disparity in the law that allows for a person with 
5 grams of crack cocaine to serve a term of 5 years versus a person who 
serves 5 years who has 10,000 grams of powder cocaine is an injustice. 
It is unfair.
  I would call on my Republican colleagues and others in the Democratic 
Party to join with me. Let us work toward a color-blind society, but 
let us start with the reality that color-blind justice must be a part 
of what makes this process workable.
  When we get to that point, I think we can all agree that we are 
moving toward the kind of society that was intended from the beginning. 
This American democracy is an inclusive one.


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