Bobby Scott

The United States leads the world in incarceration of its children.

There's a provision in the prescriptive drug benefit that passed about a decade ago that prohibits HHS from negotiating drug prices with pharmaceuticals. Now, the VA can negotiate prices; Medicaid can negotiate prices. But somehow…

About $500 a month more for health care than they're paying now. That was the plan.

You're exactly right. It probably would not result in any change in the withholding because of that little bit of money, and they would have all of the tax cuts up to the first $250,000, and they would pay a slightly additional tax on the…

So it is one of the most effective things. If you put $1 into unemployment compensation, economic activity is about $1.55. If you give a $1 tax cut on dividends, the economic activity is about 15 cents because the people getting that…

You would have to eliminate everything in order to fund a total extension of the tax cuts. Now, obviously, that's not going to happen. Obviously, if you extend the tax cuts without offsetting it with other revenues, you've got to go into…

If you look at the budget and if you take out Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and defense and if you just look at what's called the nondefense discretionary budget, that's about--I'd say in round figures--$400 billion. If you're…

To thank the gentleman from American Samoa, the leadership of the Judiciary Committee, and my friend from North Carolina (Mr. Coble) for bringing this measure to the floor. I urge my colleagues to support the bill. I yield back the balance…

Just to thank the gentlelady from the Virgin Islands, Dr. Christensen, and the leadership of the Judiciary Committee, the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Smith) and the gentleman from Michigan, the ranking member, Mr. Conyers, for bringing this…

I would like to yield such time as she may consume to the gentlelady from the Virgin Islands, Dr. Christensen.

I think that it is incumbent on all of to us try to apply the same standards to a Republican President or a Democratic President.

Let me ask Mr. Gerhardt a question.

I think it is very troubling to set a precedent that religious organizations forfeit some of their constitutional rights when they choose to serve their country and serve the public.

We have not yet held a single hearing in the Committee to address the flood of weapons trafficking across our borders.

2.3 million Americans behind bars is a sign of gross injustice.

I consider these new State laws, many of them, a direct threat to our democratic process and the very fabric of our Nation.

We have not yet had a hearing, a single serious discussion about real comprehensive immigration reform.

I thank the gentlelady from the Virgin Islands and the gentleman from Puerto Rico. I urge the passage of the bill, and I yield back the balance of my time.

I thank the gentleman from New Jersey, and I yield back the balance of my time.

One of the things you talked about is investing in prevention, early intervention, wrap-around services, and obviously that costs money.

If you increase the number of juveniles being tried, the crime rate will go up?

Unfortunately, despite what the science and evidence strongly say, my 35 years of experience as a legislator at the state and Federal level has been one that, when it comes to crime policy, we almost never pay any attention to science and…

When it comes to crime, we have a choice. We can do what the science and evidence says and reduce crime, or we can participate in the politics of crime.

I guess the final question I have in the few seconds I have left, can you talk about the agency's use of the Federal Prison Industry program?

I think that is fair.