Mr. Kerrey's proposal, the Youth Violence Prevention Block Grant, was adopted in the crime bill the other body passed last fall. I would like to encourage this body to ensure that Youth Violence Block Grant is included in the final crime…

I rise to strongly urge passage of this comprehensive crime bill as soon as possible. Violence is on the rise across this country and the battle against it will take nothing short of a historic response from this Congress. Imagine, if my…

the amendment I am offering today is intended to correct an important flaw in the new approach to distributing chapter 1 funds that is provided for in H.R. 6, the elementary and secondary education amendments. The administration has…

I rise today in strong support of the Safe Schools Act to provide grants to schools to establish programs to prevent violence in our schools. It encourages the various agencies and groups involved in crime and education to work together to…

as we wrestle with this difficult decision today, trying to balance the interests of the taxpayers against the interests of Californians who so desperately need relief, I think we first need to recall the tremendous progress we have made…

we are making terrific progress on the deficit reduction front. Nineteen months ago we were accumulating deficit at the rate of about $331 billion a year. A month ago that figure was down to $251 billion, and OMB now tells us the deficit…