The first year of the Bush administration we used up all of the surplus and ended up just with the Social Security and Medicare surplus, and each year worse than the year before. |
The most money we have ever been able to get appropriated for the juvenile justice bills was $55 million a year, about one-tenth of what was necessary. |
The promise of equal educational opportunity envisioned by the Brown decision remains unfulfilled. |
There is nothing Federal about local volunteer fire departments. |
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. |
They have recorded the information, but they're saying, 'Trust us, we won't listen to what we recorded,' ... People ought to be concerned. |
Today, education is perhaps the most important function of state and local governments. |
Unequal funding resources also results in unequal educational opportunity when you consider studies that show that one half of low income students who are qualified to attend college do not attend because they can't afford to. |
Unfortunately, the elimination of incentives such as parole, good time credits and funding for college courses, means that fewer inmates participate in and excel in literacy, education, treatment and other development programs. |
We also know that the death penalty is not only flawed, but is disproportionately applied to minorities and the poor. |
We can be more inclusive. |
We can continue our progress as a Nation toward the promise that all people are created equal and that our Nation will treat every person in that spirit. |
We can fight Big Industry. |
We can play politics, or we can reduce crime. |
We have to change directions back to the period of time when we made the tough choices, eliminated the deficit and created the surplus. |