Our cases read low point. Everything is changed now. And yes, in hindsight, I wish that had not become law.

I signed it at the time because our cases were at a very low point. I knew that it would be overridden by the legislature if I didn`t sign it. I signed it for those reasons that our cases were at a low point. Everything is changed now. And…

Everything has changed now. And, yes, in hindsight, I wish that had not become law.

We've had a 40% increase in people getting the doses.

It’s a tough wall of hesitancy that we see and we’ve been hit very hard in the sense that we have the Delta variant that came and then our vaccination rate was not as high as it should have been.

Human nature kicks in. Do I want to get the same amount of money by going to work every day and working hard, do I want to get that amount of money by sitting at home? And so, we want to avoid the inclination of human nature.

I would not support him for reelection in 2024. He’s going to have a voice but as former presidents do, but there’s many voices in the party and again, he should not define our future. We’ve got to define it for ourselves.

First of all, the people of her district elected her and that should mean a lot.

I expect Joe Biden to be the next president of the United States.

They made the same argument about guns in the cockpit of an aircraft or federal air marshals utilizing guns, but it's kept our planes in the past.

Well, the focus is safety in the schools. And after the tragedy at Virginia Tech, the first thing that happened was they went in and reviewed the security systems to see how we can better protect the students.

No, absolutely not. The federal government would mess it up if they tried to do that. We're talking about issues that are local controlled.

Well, the focus is safety in the school.

I think the federal government should not be funding it. I think it's a local responsibility and effort.

I have enjoyed participating in the Constitution Project's bipartisan Liberty and Security Committee.

House Resolution 984 is an excellent foundation to consider this.

I believe that Congress, being the important third branch of government, should act to provide the guidance and clarity

I think the bill is a good starting point for discussion.

I express my support for legislation for Congress addressing this disparity, and I believe that this is the time that this can be done.

the justice system should be about fairness, and I do not believe that this sentencing disparity reflects the fairness that is required.

it obviously has a disparate racial impact on our communities and undermines what we are trying to accomplish in the justice system.

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