He testified that when you looked at it through the eyes of 'let's do it,' the costs were very small. They were less than they'd had to spend to host a convention of transportation executives. The cost was not that great.

Owens was a librarian before entering politics. Owens was born in Collierville Tennessee. Richardson plays an African-American Congressman from Brooklyn who looks a lot like Owens.

Owens was a librarian before entering politics. One of his achievements in the House was the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act. His rap songs are often political and Progressive in nature.