Tim Scott: “I rise in support of H.R. 863, the Consequences for Juvenile Offenders Act of 2001. I am a cosponsor of this bill, along…”

“I rise in support of H.R. 863, the Consequences for Juvenile Offenders Act of 2001. I am a cosponsor of this bill, along with the subcommittee chairman for the Subcommittee on Crime, the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Smith), and in fact all of the members of the Subcommittee on Crime on both sides of the aisle are cosponsors of the bill. This bill is essentially identical to the original H.R. 1501 coauthored by the former member from Florida who was then the chairman of the Subcommittee on Crime, Mr. McCollum, and myself in the 106th Congress which was also cosponsored by all members of the subcommittee. Although that bill was passed by both the House and the Senate, so many contentious amendments were added during floor consideration of the bill, it could not pass out of conference. I hope that we can avoid the fate of H.R. 1501 by working together to keep intact the strong bipartisan support the bill now enjoys among Committee on the Judiciary members, juvenile advocates, practitioners, researchers, judges, public officials and others.”