Dawn Zimmer: “if a prisoner dies before he fulfills his sentence, it does not disqualify that sentence under truth-in-sentencing.”

we should not pass the buck or pass the blame to regulatory agencies. We should not pass the burden on to American taxpayers with this huge new Federal entitlement program. I strongly urge the adoption of the Porter amendment.

Surely I would agree that we, as Members of Congress, have the responsibility to write the laws, but we also have a responsibility to take into account the facts of nature that scientists can describe for us. In that regard, there is an…

Mr. Chairman, these days it is advisable for any candidate for Federal office to know the price of eggs and bread and other staples at the supermarket. I would advise those Members who stop by their local supermarket to check up on those…

I do agree it would have been an excellent idea to have enacted the lockbox earlier. In fact, it would have been an excellent idea to have enacted the lockbox shortly after the gentleman from Idaho introduced the legislation along with the…