#in

And what is needed to prevent them from joining gangs was ample recreation for boys as well as girls, jobs and internships for training and money, and assistance to allow their families to live in decent homes. ↗

— Bobby Scott

#ample #assistance #decent #families #gangs

Giving a 10-year mandatory minimum for a second offense fist fight is not going to reduce the chance that someone will be stabbed 16 times when you are not funding any of the programs that are desperately needed to actually reduce juvenile crime. ↗

— Bobby Scott

#any #chance #crime #desperately #fight

I think we should worry about Social Security first and then tax cuts second. ↗

— Bobby Scott

#cuts #first #i #i think #second

These funds will ensure that ports will be able to pay for adequate security measures to protect all Americans against terrorist attacks from our seaports. ↗

— Bobby Scott

#adequate #against #all americans #attacks #ensure

In fact, the Harvard study data indicates that 70 percent of African American children attend schools that are predominately African American, about the same level as in 1968 when Dr. King died. ↗

— Bobby Scott

#african #african american #american #american children #attend

In the Brown decision, the United States Supreme Court unanimously struck down the legal and moral footing of racially segregated public education in this country. ↗

— Bobby Scott

#country #court #decision #down #education

Mandatory minimums have been shown to be discriminatory and waste the taxpayers' money. ↗

— Bobby Scott

#discriminatory #mandatory #money #shown #taxpayers

No one should be denied the opportunity to get an education and increase their earning potential based solely on their inability to pay for a college education. ↗

— Bobby Scott

#college #college education #denied #earning #education

Obviously, there has to be a profound change in direction. Otherwise, interest on the national debt will start eating up virtually every penny that we have. ↗

— Bobby Scott

#debt #direction #eating #every #interest

One of the problems with even suggesting that purpose of a Federal law is for law enforcement officers to assist in protecting the public outside their jurisdictions is that it may give them encouragement or even a sense of obligation to do so. ↗

— Bobby Scott

#encouragement #enforcement #even #federal #federal law