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. Bobby Scott Read Quote
It is virtually impossible to compete in today’s global economy without a college degree. Bobby Scott Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Studies have shown that inmate participation in education, vocational and job training, prison work skills development, drug abuse, mental health and other treatment programs, all reduce recidivism, significantly. Bobby Scott Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Today, education is perhaps the most important function of state and local governments. Bobby Scott Read Quote
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 Read Quote