Zoe Lofgren: “We need to do prevention, intervention, we need to incarcerate some…”

On the recordMay 7, 1997

We need to do prevention, intervention, we need to incarcerate some kids and in some cases there are some very tough kids who need to be tried as adults in my opinion. But to say that the $1.5 billion can go to those 12 States for incarceration because we are going to have a prevention bill coming, that prevention bill has $70 million. So the $70 million for prevention versus the $1.5 billion for trying young people as adults, that is not a balanced program. That is an extreme program and one of the reasons why we should not approve H.R. 3 tomorrow.

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Zoe Lofgren

Democratic · California

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the balance of funding for prevention and incarceration in relation to H.R. 3.

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Zoe Lofgren: “We need to do prevention, intervention, we need to incarcerate some kids and in some cases there are some very tough…”

Editor's note · Context