Bobby Scott actually said...

What we are experiencing every night in this country now is no longer just a fashionable thing, if you will.

That is what the mandatory minimum requires the judge to impose, a sentence that violates common sense.

I must also thank the thousands of dedicated DEA employees who enforce our laws every day, many of whom are putting their lives on the line ...

Many times, it is just stupid. That is what the mandatory minimum requires the judge to do, and that is why we are trying to get rid of them...