The promise of equal educational opportunity envisioned by the Brown decision remains unfulfilled..

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

In fact, the Harvard study data indicates that 70 percent of African American children attend schools that are predominately African American, about ….

Each year over 2,500 commercial vessels enter the Port of Hampton Roads alone, so adequate funding for port security is a significant issue for those….

There is nothing Federal about local volunteer fire departments..

The Federal prison population has increased more than 7-fold over the past 20 years..

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 spi….

We can play politics, or we can reduce crime..

It is virtually impossible to compete in today's global economy without a college degree..

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 a….

Unequal funding resources also results in unequal educational opportunity when you consider studies that show that one half of low income students wh….

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

Another example of the educational inequality is the current debate over publicly financed school vouchers which will provide educational opportuniti….

Unfortunately, the elimination of incentives such as parole, good time credits and funding for college courses, means that fewer inmates participate ….

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

Rather than following through on the proven crime and violence prevention techniques that work, we are back to tough-talking sound byte policies that….

Studies have shown that inmate participation in education, vocational and job training, prison work skills development, drug abuse, mental health and….

So, the struggle for equal educational opportunity continues..

If we increase spending, we have got to raise taxes or any combination..

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, an….

While we must ensure that these dangerous new drugs and precursors do not get in the hands of children or others who would use them improperly, we mu….