Political Quotes

“I will join the Senator from Texas in seeking every opportunity to do that, because prisoners should be working. These prisoners that he referenced should not be sitting in the air-conditioned cells watching color TV all day with three square meals and everything else given to them while they are giving nothing back as far as contributing to society. So we should have these opportunities. But the key word that is left out is competition. They ought to do it competitively. There is no reason in the world why we should have these jobs being done in the prisons and the product produced that then has to be subsidized. I think we have the intelligence within our prison management that we can have them produce that product but it can still be competitive in the marketplace. I know that is something the Senator from Texas understands, is good competition. So I support the amendment offered by Senators Levin and Abraham, and will support them, but will also look for those opportunities with the Senator from Texas to find ways of expanding Prison Industries so we can have more jobs among prisoners.”