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

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.

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

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

Present law has a process to ascertain whether or not a patient is in a persistent vegetative state, and it should not matter what politicians think.

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

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.