Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, I want to speak very much in support of this essential amendment. There is an anomaly where you have a high crime rate city that is within the confines of a county and a shared responsibility for the administration of justice. Cook County is a perfect example, where the city of Chicago under the formula in the bill gets some $30 million, as I understand it, and that is because the crime rate in Chicago is high. However, the housing of the prisoners, the prosecution of the prisoners and all that administration costs belongs to Cook County. So Cook County gets $200,000 and the city of Chicago gets $30 million. Now, justice is served if both Cook County, and I might add the administration of Cook County and the administration of Chicago are very friendly, if both the county and the city apply together and the State attorney general determines that this anomaly exists so there is that protection, then the money is more evenly distributed and appropriately distributed as agreed to between the parties. So this recognizes an anomaly. It is an effort to establish some equity and balance. This situation in Chicago and Cook County obtains in many other places around the country. Frankly, it just makes a more equitable, fair distribution of these essential funds.”