it is insane to spend whatever it is, $60,000, $80,000 a year locking somebody up when for less money, we can try to educate them, give them the training they need to become productive citizens.

We are spending huge amounts of money locking people up in this country, and they leave prison without the skills they need to succeed in the civilian world.

We are spending huge amounts of money locking people up in this country, and they leave prison without the skills they need to succeed in the civilian world.

it is insane to spend whatever it is, $60,000, $80,000 a year locking somebody up when for less money, we can try to educate them, give them the training they need to become productive citizens.

Mr. President, let me be as clear as I can be. That is, the American people--whether they are Democrats, Republicans, or Independents--are sick and tired of paying, by far, the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs. The…

the American people believe it is women, not the government that has a right to control their own body.

We hear a lot of talk about freedom in this body, freedom to do what you want to do, and yet right now we are living at a time when half of our population or more has lost that freedom.

No longer would state governments be able to tell women what they could or could not do with their own bodies.

Two years ago, six Supreme Court justices all nominated by Republican Presidents, decided to overturn Roe v. Wade abolish the constitutional right for women to have an abortion and to give politicians in state government the right to…

We hear a lot of talk about freedom in this body, freedom to do what you want to do, and yet right now we are living at a time when half of our population or more has lost that freedom.

It is no secret to anyone, that throughout our Country's history, women have had to fight for their basic human rights against all forms of patriarchy and sexism, no great secret.

It is no secret to anyone, that throughout our Country's history, women have had to fight for their basic human rights against all forms of patriarchy and sexism, no great secret.