Bobby Scott actually said...

"I would hope that in order to get some of these mandatory minimums off the books, the first thing we have to do is stop passing new ones."

"To increase the risk, you have to increase the investigation and prosecution."

"Mandatory minimum sentences have been studied and have been shown to disrupt normal intelligent sentencing processes, waste the taxpayers' money, do nothing to reduce crime, violate common sense."

"Representatives Cohen, Rigell, and Thompson wrote in requesting a hearing, particularly as it pertains to Mo' Money Taxes."