John Ensign: “This amendment is adding $100 million for the afterschool programs. It is offset. We do a small across-the-board cut; it…”

“This amendment is adding $100 million for the afterschool programs. It is offset. We do a small across-the-board cut; it will only be .012 percent for the programs. I think any of the programs can take that. But in the process, we are going to be helping a lot of kids who otherwise are going to be becoming juvenile delinquents. We know the statistics. If you don't have kids in the right activities, they get into trouble. If they are sitting around with nothing to do, they get into trouble. Afterschool programs are perhaps one of the best anticrime measures we can take. I encourage my colleagues to support this amendment.”