“The failure to restore this funding as directed by Congress is a disservice to the thousands of election jurisdictions across this country.”

Political Quotes

John B. Breaux: “I do not think it was so much a problem with the prison as it was with people who ran the prison. It is not the physical…”

On the recordMay 6, 2004
I do not think it was so much a problem with the prison as it was with people who ran the prison. It is not the physical plant that caused the problem. It is the people who were running the prison. If we do demolish a prison, are we not going to have to build another one? It seems to me what we ought to be advocating is not the demolishing of the prison but the replacement of the people who were running the prison with professional people who understand how to treat prisoners. The problem is not the physical plant. The problem is the people running it. I am sort of concerned if we demolish the prison we are going to have to end up building another one because we are going to have prisoners who are going to have to be dealt with over there.
Said by
John B. Breaux
Source
govinfo.gov

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the implications of a resolution to demolish a prison.

Share

Share on XShare on FacebookEmail this quote

More from John B. Breaux

Sep 11, 2003

It says if Congress passes this, we will veto it. It is very clear. The administration says the new FCC local and national media ownership rules more accurately reflect the changing media landscape and current state of network station…

govinfo.gov
Jun 5, 2003

It's certainly not a newsworthy item that someone has found out that there's a Federal program in Washington that could be subject to waste, fraud, and abuse.

congress.gov
May 5, 2004

it is interesting that the authors, the Senators who oppose the amendment, say the bill is going to create 660,000 jobs. If it is going to create 660,000 jobs, there is no problem. The people would be able to bring the money back and pay 5…

govinfo.gov
Jun 26, 2003

this morning one of the very able legislative assistants who has worked on this legislation for almost 7 years, going back to the time on the Medicare Commission when we first started doing Medicare reform, was on the floor working with me…

govinfo.gov
View all John B. Breaux quotes