Bobby Scott Quotes

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• It is virtually impossible to compete in today's global economy without a college degree.
• I think we should worry about Social Security first and then tax cuts second.
• There is nothing Federal about local volunteer fire departments.
• And what is needed to prevent them from joining gangs was ample recreation for boys as well as girls, jobs and internships for training and…
• 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…
• We can play politics, or we can reduce crime.
• 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…
• The death penalty is discriminatory and does not do anything about crime.
• We live in an information and knowledge-based economy.
• Present law has a process to ascertain whether or not a patient is in a persistent vegetative state, and it should not matter what politicians…
• The first year of the Bush administration we used up all of the surplus and ended up just with the Social Security and Medicare surplus,…
• Obviously, there has to be a profound change in direction. Otherwise, interest on the national debt will start eating up virtually every penny that we…
• While there are many obstacles that deter students from going to college, finances by no means should be the deciding factor.
• No one should be denied the opportunity to get an education and increase their earning potential based solely on their inability to pay for a…
• Studies have shown that inmate participation in education, vocational and job training, prison work skills development, drug abuse, mental health and other treatment programs, all…
• The Federal prison population has increased more than 7-fold over the past 20 years.
• Unfortunately, the elimination of incentives such as parole, good time credits and funding for college courses, means that fewer inmates participate in and excel in…
• If we increase spending, we have got to raise taxes or any combination.
• One of the problems with even suggesting that purpose of a Federal law is for law enforcement officers to assist in protecting the public outside…
• It is difficult to overstate the importance of the Civil Rights Act.

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