I just had the chance to meet with six inmates, all of them in for drug offenses.
The United States accounts for 5 percent of the world's population; we account for 25 percent of the world's inmates.
When people are oppressed and human rights are denied . . . when dissent is silenced, it feeds violent extremism.
I believe that work is love made visible.
I applaud the bill for increasing access to education and training, and focusing on actual employment.
Our criminal justice system has different effects on unique populations as you have raised.
I appreciate the Ranking Member, Mr. McGovern, who is very passionate about these issues.
I am excited to see that Illinois is a grantee.
Some of the longest debate that we had during our farm bill negotiations were obviously related to the programs that fun...
So I am here today to say that the climate change constitutes a serious threat to global security and an immediate risk ...
I think that if Congress does that then, in fact, based on the facts, the majority of Congress should approve of this de...
This deal is not contingent on Iran changing its behavior. It is not contingent on Iran suddenly operating like a libera...
The notion that I am content, as I celebrate with American citizens languishing in Iranian jails -- major, that's nonsen...
If you give a woman or a man for that matter, without his or her knowledge a drug and then have sex with that person wit...
Suddenly something is missing on the back end they got some explaining to do. This is not something you hide in a closet...
If you give a woman or a man for that matter without his or her knowledge a drug and then have sex with that person with...
I do agree that we're not going to solve the problems in Syria unless there's buy-in from the Russians, the Iranians, th...
The transit rail system is vital to our nation's economy, and it's crucial that we ensure it runs smoothly.
