Bobby Scott

We have a responsibility to make sure that patients that need the medication have it available...

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.

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

The President's clemency program suggests that the Attorney General will consider clemency for those who have already served 10 years, low level, non-violent, essentially first offenders, and then it raises the question what is a 'low…

Finally, I would like to thank all of the Members of the House Education and the Workforce Committee and their staffs for their continued commitment to the well-being of American families. Mr. Speaker, both Chambers and both parties have…

I am pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from Massachusetts (Ms. Clark).

I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. George Miller), the ranking member of the Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Yes, but you could cut taxes on a simple majority, but to raise taxes, you would need on most of these proposals a super majority.

I think I have made my point. None.

When President H.W. Bush tried to do something about the deficit, that was a major factor in his failure to win reelection.

Some of us actually cast tough votes that cost many of our colleagues their seats when they voted for the 1993 Clinton budget.

I think we can all agree that we are in a fiscal mess.

Balancing the budget is a good idea, but we have got to recognize that it often requires tough, career-ending votes.

Requiring a super majority may be good policy for some Members for some reasons, but suggesting that it will help balance the budget is absolutely absurd.

Tough, career-ending votes, not with titles to constitutional amendments. So rather than discuss the title, we should be discussing the provisions.

If we are going to balance the budget, it is going to require some tough votes on the budget, and many of those votes will be career-ending votes.

Reducing our deficit and balancing our budget is a goal for every Member on this panel, and I worry that we get distracted by the title of these amendments without having any serious discussion about whether the proposed provisions will…

Alternatives can reduce crime and save money.

We are wasting billions of dollars.

More than 4 out of 10 adult American offenders are right back in prison within 3 years of their release.

Unnecessarily locking up people wastes money that could be put to better use.

We have too many people in jails and prisons in America today.

Are the children entitled to protection under the Prison Rape Elimination Act?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I yield back.

I think it's obvious when it comes to Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala, the answer to that question appears to be yes.