Madeleine Dean

"If I don’t tell the story honestly, it will come off like some sort of a patina. And that won’t help anybody"

"The very powerful first steps to unifying is to take us through what happened here and (ensure) this can never happen again"

"National Recovery Month is a time to bring hope to people in recovery and their families. I was grateful to be with my son, Harry, as well as Secretary Jen Smith and other advocates to discuss how we can make recovery more accessible and possible for everyone in Pennsylvania"

"Government has a role to play to spread awareness, break stigma, and help save lives"

"Anytime I can stand up and say, remember — particularly in Pennsylvania — you still have your rights to abortion care and your privacy of health-care services, that’s really something I want to do"

"As activists and as lawmakers we must have our voice and our legislation be heard, we need to make sure we pass laws that protect and expand rights up against the extremist right-wing Supreme Court and Republican Party"

"I want this bill passed and I want other families to never suffer that risk of not having warning and not having the chance to make a safe exit"