Chuck Schumer said "In my State the Governor, again, a get-tough-on-crime Governor, because the prisons are filled with low level drug offenders and the violent criminals get out more quickly, wants to build boot camps. Under the proposal on the other side he would not be allowed to. But in our proposal he would, and that would in effect incarcerate the violent criminals much longer. This is a conservative Republican Governor who called for this, and that is what the gentleman from Michigan is talking about." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordFebruary 9, 1995

In my State the Governor, again, a get-tough-on-crime Governor, because the prisons are filled with low level drug offenders and the violent criminals get out more quickly, wants to build boot camps. Under the proposal on the other side he would not be allowed to. But in our proposal he would, and that would in effect incarcerate the violent criminals much longer. This is a conservative Republican Governor who called for this, and that is what the gentleman from Michigan is talking about.

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Chuck Schumer

Democratic · New York

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing crime policy and prison reform during a debate.

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