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On the recordFebruary 10, 1995
I have two quick points. Under the gentleman's own bill, the Attorney General would be the administrator. So even though the gentleman from Florida may say States qualify, unfortunately, if I were a Governor who wanted to build prisons, I would have to put more stock in what the Attorney General said, because she is giving out the money, not the gentleman from Florida. Second point: The gentleman from California said we want a carrot to encourage the States to increase sentence time. Agreed. But when you put a carrot out there, you want them to be able to reach it, so they can jump. If you put the carrot up so high that they cannot even see it, they are not going to try to reach for it.
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Chuck Schumer
Democratic · New York

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Discussing the implications of a bill related to state prison funding and sentencing during a House debate.

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