Bill Delahunt: “I was stunned this afternoon to hear the primary sponsor of this bill could not even confirm that his own State of…”

“I was stunned this afternoon to hear the primary sponsor of this bill could not even confirm that his own State of Florida could comply with the mandates of his proposal which would, coming from Washington, again tell the States that do have the experience how to handle violent juvenile crime. It just absolutely stunned me to hear that. I respect the gentleman. I know that he is a man of deep convictions. But I would think that this Congress, this body would not want to vote on such a significant piece of legislation until every Member knew exactly whether his or her State would be in compliance with the mandates that the bill puts forth. And to hear the primary sponsor acknowledge that he did not know himself whether the State of Florida would qualify I found incomprehensible.”