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Bobby Scott

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

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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."

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"Do you realize that if we could increase just by 50 percent the number of adults who have a college degree, it would add $5 billion to the economy and it would result in a net income to the state of Arkansas of $340 million a year?"

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"So, the struggle for equal educational opportunity continues."
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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."
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"We can play politics, or we can reduce crime."
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"Today, education is perhaps the most important function of state and local governments."
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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."
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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."
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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."
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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."
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"I think we should worry about Social Security first and then tax cuts second."
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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."
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