Giving a 10-year mandatory minimum for a second offense fist fight is not going to reduce the chance that someone will be stabbed 16 times when you are not funding any of the programs that are desperately needed to actually… — Bobby Scott Copy Share Image
The most money we have ever been able to get appropriated for the juvenile justice bills was $55 million a year, about one-tenth of what was necessary. — Bobby Scott Copy Share Image
The promise of equal educational opportunity envisioned by the Brown decision remains unfulfilled. — Bobby Scott Copy Share Image
And what is needed to prevent them from joining gangs was ample recreation for boys as well as girls, jobs and internships for training… — Bobby Scott Copy Share Image
In the Brown decision, the United States Supreme Court unanimously struck down the legal and moral footing of racially segregated public education in this… — Bobby Scott Copy Share Image
Unequal funding resources also results in unequal educational opportunity when you consider studies that show that one half of low income students who are… — Bobby Scott Copy Share Image
One of the problems with even suggesting that purpose of a Federal law is for law enforcement officers to assist in protecting the public… — Bobby Scott Copy Share Image
The Federal prison population has increased more than 7-fold over the past 20 years. — Bobby Scott Copy Share Image
It is virtually impossible to compete in today's global economy without a college degree. — Bobby Scott Copy Share Image
Another example of the educational inequality is the current debate over publicly financed school vouchers which will provide educational opportunities to a privileged handful,… — Bobby Scott Copy Share Image
Studies have shown that inmate participation in education, vocational and job training, prison work skills development, drug abuse, mental health and other treatment programs,… — Bobby Scott Copy Share Image
Mandatory minimums have been shown to be discriminatory and waste the taxpayers' money. — Bobby Scott Copy Share Image
The first year of the Bush administration we used up all of the surplus and ended up just with the Social Security and Medicare… — Bobby Scott Copy Share Image
