Bobby Scott
Bobby Scott
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth30 April 1947
CountryUnited States of America
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We have to change directions back to the period of time when we made the tough choices, eliminated the deficit and created the surplus.
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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 their jurisdictions is that it may give them encouragement or even a sense of obligation to do so.
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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, and each year worse than the year before.
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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.
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The death penalty is discriminatory and does not do anything about crime.
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When you run up this kind of deficit, we talk about increasing the debt limit, but one thing you have to do is pay interest on all of that debt.
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Many sentences are excessively long because mandatory sentencing policies do not allow sentencing judges the discretion to distinguish between hardened criminals and those amenable to rehabilitation and preparation for successful re-entry.
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Obviously, we have work to do to complete the promise of the Brown decision and Dr. King's dream for our nation.
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Each year over 2,500 commercial vessels enter the Port of Hampton Roads alone, so adequate funding for port security is a significant issue for those of us who live in Richmond and Hampton Roads.
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During the same period, the annual number of prisoners returning to communities has also increased several fold.
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Some young athletes are using the drugs with the belief that they can become great in their sport and gain money and fame.
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A final important equal opportunity issue in education is the current attack on civil rights in the Head Start program.
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The promise of equal educational opportunity envisioned by the Brown decision remains unfulfilled.
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So, the struggle for equal educational opportunity continues.