finally, I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it stand adjourned until 3 p.m. on Monday, January 22; that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal of proceedings…

I know that the Senator from Oklahoma is going to speak, so I ask--after the Senator from Oklahoma speaks, if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask that it stand adjourned under the previous order following the…

The United States of America locked up more people than any other Nation or past empire when it comes to just the total gross amount of humanity that was being put into jails and prisons.

It's failing. It's undermining the implementation of the First Step Act.

Thank you all, everybody in the panel for being here. It means a lot to me.

for us, again, to ban people from getting Pell Grants, for example, it seems like a nonsensical waste of a taxpayer opportunity.

If a violent criminal is behind bars, he will not harm further on innocent people.

Are there people in this institution that are wasting taxpayer dollars and really shouldn't be here? Absolutely, yes.

all the data I've seen shows a dollar invested in just need simple education program--GED, BA, graduate degrees--returns to the taxpayers a lot in terms of dropping the recidivism rates.

Sadly, the Biden administration and liberal prosecutors appear to be more sympathetic to the dangerous criminals than they do to the law-abiding citizens they harm.

But as Justice Kavanaugh observed in United States v. Texas, Article II of the Constitution confers upon the Executive branch the authority to decide how to prioritize.

Rehabilitation, when possible, was and remains an important part of our criminal justice system.

As Fiorello LaGuardia said, there's no republican or democratic way to fix a pothole.

I think we have this falsehood that often rhetorically is heard here in Washington, that somehow Americans are not equally concerned, whether you're a Republican or a Democrat or an Independent, about the safety of their communities.

I think is a safety issue for correctional officers as well as for inmates.

We must continue to build on the successes of the First Step Act.

Every single person on this side of the aisle warned that she would not enforce the law.

A nation without borders is not a nation at all. Currently, we have an administration that prioritizes illegal immigrants over American citizens, over our own constituents. Since President Biden took office, more than 8 million illegal…