Bobby Scott Quotes

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

  Bobby Scott

  Inspirational, Funny, Graduation

  Congressional Record, Government Printing Office, September 29, 2004.

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• 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

  Jobs, Skills, Drug

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• 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

  Education, Opportunity, College

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

  Bobby Scott

  Play, Politics, Crime

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• 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.

  Bobby Scott

  Education, Mean, College

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• 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.

  Bobby Scott

  People, Promise, Progress

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

  Bobby Scott

  Past, Years, Prison Population

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• 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

  Girl, Jobs, Home

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• 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

  Ice Cream, Profound, Debt

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• Today, education is perhaps the most important function of state and local governments.

  Bobby Scott

  Education, Government, Important

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• It is difficult to overstate the importance of the Civil Rights Act.

  Bobby Scott

  Hippie, Rights, Importance

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• 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

  Education, Country, Decision

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• So, the struggle for equal educational opportunity continues.

  Bobby Scott

  Educational, Struggle, Opportunity

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• 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

  Country, Hate, Destiny

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• 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.

  Bobby Scott

  Educational, Opportunity, College

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

  Bobby Scott

  Cutting, Thinking, Worry

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• 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 must also be aware that these same drugs have legitimate uses.

  Bobby Scott

  Children, Hands, Drug

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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.

  Bobby Scott

  Talking, Minorities, Prevention

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• We live in an information and knowledge-based economy.

  Bobby Scott

  Information, Economy

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• Another example of the educational inequality is the current debate over publicly financed school vouchers which will provide educational opportunities to a privileged handful, but deprive public schools of desperately needed resources.

  Bobby Scott

  Educational, School, Opportunity

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• There is nothing Federal about local volunteer fire departments.

  Bobby Scott

  Fire, Volunteer, Department

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• 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 of us who live in Richmond and Hampton Roads.

  Bobby Scott

  Issues, Years, Adequate

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• 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

  Fighting, Second Chance, Years

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• While there are many obstacles that deter students from going to college, finances by no means should be the deciding factor.

  Bobby Scott

  Mean, College, Students

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

  Bobby Scott

  Educational, Opportunity, Decision

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