The Supreme Court expressed a very clear view that in America, preferences should not be provided to one ethnic group or...
I think the American people and I have the view that schools have got to be given some latitude in running the school an...
I understand this will be the last nomination hearing for the 111th Congress and with today's hearing, the Committee has...
And that strict scrutiny should be applied, which means a very careful review of any situation in which we give one ethn...
I do believe, do you not, that the ultimate authority of a judge to adjudicate a person guilty and sentence them to cust...
It seems to me that a low level offender can be given a second chance and it ought to be done in a way that has good sup...
I believe that a guideline system is better than one based on mandatory minimums and one that is purely discretion-based...
I want to make the point that ever since I have been in law enforcement, starting out in 1975, people have had all kinds...
I just proposed to my Republican colleagues that we all reduce our expenditures 15 percent.
The effort that we undertook as a Nation to counsel young people, send clear messages about what is acceptable and what ...
the best way we can help the Mexican leadership, who is standing courageously against drug cartels, because their lives ...
It sounds good to people. It sounds like, well, we can just end the problem of drugs if we just make it legal, which any...
The commission listed 14 priorities for implementing the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010, which I cosponsored;
we need to be after those folks, and they will be facing substantial prison sentences.
I believe both sides of the aisle here would back you up on that, if you have done it in the right way.
If an individual, the mayor, picks up a rock in Alabama and murders someone, that is just not a Federal crime, is it?
I think the fundamental question we all need to ask is: Is this an area of prosecution that the Federal Government needs...
I think it is both overbroad and underinclusive.
