Bobby Scott quotes - page 2

The destinies of the two races in this country are indissolubly linked together, and the interests of both require that the common government of all shall not permit the seeds of race hate to be planted under the sanction of law. (Bobby Scott)
There is nothing Federal about local volunteer fire departments. View quote
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The promise of equal educational opportunity envisioned by the Brown decision remains unfulfilled. View quote
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Rather than following through on the proven crime and violence prevention techniques that work, we are back to tough-talking sound byte policies that have been proven to not only fail to reduce crime but actually increase crime, waste taxpayers' money and discriminate against minorities. View quote
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The death penalty is discriminatory and does not do anything about crime. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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We can fight Big Industry. View quote
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We can be more inclusive. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. (Bobby Scott)