Bobby Scott actually said...

"Reducing our deficit and balancing our budget are goals that every Member here supports. But I worry that we often get distracted by the title of these resolutions without paying serious consideration..."

"If we are ever going to balance the budget, the fact is we are going to require members to cast some tough votes. Many of these votes will be career-ending votes, and a constitutional amendment will n..."

"Smart policies, like those we heard advocated for a little earlier in this hearing from our two senators and by Congressman Cummings and others on this committee, allow us to do both."

"Unfortunately, our new attorney general, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, seems to want to turn back the clock on policies we feel failed in the past and reimpose the imposition of extreme sentences fo..."