Political Quotes

“I ask unanimous consent the committee-reported amendments be agreed to, that the Feinstein amendment which is at the desk be agreed to, the bill, as amended, be read a third time and passed, the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate, and any statements be printed in the Record. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The committee amendments were agreed to. The amendment (No. 3722) was agreed to, as follows: (Purpose: To require a GAO study of cell phone use in prisons) At the end of the bill, insert the following: SEC. ___. GAO STUDY. Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit a report to Congress with research and findings on the following issues: (1) A study of telephone rates within State and Federal prisons and jails to include information on interstate, intrastate and collect calls made by prisoners, including-- (A) the costs of operating inmate telephone services; (B) the revenue obtained from inmate telephone systems; (C) how the revenue from these systems is used by State governments and the Bureau of Prisons; and (D) recommendations to lower telephone costs to inmates and their families, while still maintaining sufficient security.…”