02/23/2010
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"I had hoped to also include the five nominees for the judicial emergency vacancies in the District of Arizona in this hearing, but we have not yet received the blue slips from the Arizona Senators."
"Many States, led by Senator Hirono's home State of Hawaii's example, the HOPE program, have implemented parole systems that impose 'swift and certain' sanctions."
"Those are not choices my colleagues wish to make. Those are not smart choices."
"In Rhode Island, under the leadership of Director Wall, we passed reforms that allowed inmates to earn credit toward their sentences."