I am working on recovery legislation, recovery and rehab legislation in Washington right now.

Not only in school but it's particularly true for this transition.

the time spike during the course of the day... caused a huge spike in activity.

There is an observation I have heard repeatedly, so much so that it has really finally sunk in, and that is that kids who succeed in school can identify an adult in the school community who they believe really cares about them.

As I said, you are a key player in these negotiations as they go forward, and we look forward to working very closely with you to drafting a bipartisan, effective JJDPA reauthorization that can move smoothly through the Senate.

We had, I think, some very good work on that in the bill that just passed out of the Senate Judiciary Committee in a very bipartisan fashion, 15-2.

It is really time to look at cost-effective nature of what we are doing with our juvenile justice funds.

I really think this has been very, very helpful, and I have known Judge Bedrosian and Elizabeth Burke Bryant for many, many years, and I am very proud of the service and the skill and the compassion that they bring to their work.

The role of the Federal Government in JJDPA is in some respects secondary to the primary role of State officials.

It is an important balance to maintain, and I look forward to working with you.

Quick, small sanctions seem to work better than a lot of process, and then a big sanction.

Take a look at the HOPE program in Hawaii that was run by Judge--I want to say--I have got Almey on the brain, but that is Steve Almey who drives me.

I should say as a matter of record, while we have a senior Department of Justice official here, how pleased we are with our United States Attorney and what an excellent job he is doing here in Rhode Island.

We are going to work very hard to make sure that there is a reauthorization and try very hard to make it a bipartisan reauthorization.

It is terrific to be here with everyone. I want to particularly thank Brother Michael Reis and the staff at Tides Family Services for hosting us here today and for the extraordinary work they do with young people here in Rhode Island.

when we looked back, we very often found, as you have said, that truancy was the first really strong signal of bad things to come

The question of reentry is one that at the adult side has received very good bipartisan attention in Washington with the Second Chance Act.

This hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee will come to order, which is easy for me to do since I am the only Member present, so I bring myself to order.

I am here for the 69th straight consecutive week that the Senate has been in session to try to wake us up to the harm that carbon pollution causes to our oceans, to our communities, to our ecosystem, and to our health. The effects of…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Climate Change

We are way past a debate on whether this is real. This is happening in people's lives now in ways that are unprecedented.

Recent polling shows the Court in unprecedented bad odor with the American people as a result of that.

By 9:1--Americans believe that this Supreme Court will favor corporations over individuals.

If Senator Cruz is right, which is that money is just speech, then you have got to let it flow entirely.

Five conservative activists sitting on the U.S. Supreme Court for the first time decided that unlimited spending in elections was A-OK.