Able Quote by Bobby Scott

The promise of equal educational opportunity envisioned by the Brown decision remains unfulfilled.

— Bobby Scott

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

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

There is nothing Federal about local volunteer fire departments.

— Bobby Scott

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

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

The Federal prison population has increased more than 7-fold over the past 20 years.

— Bobby Scott

It is virtually impossible to compete in today's global economy without a college degree.

— Bobby Scott

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

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

Mandatory minimums have been shown to be discriminatory and waste the taxpayers' money.

— Bobby Scott

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