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

So, the struggle for equal educational opportunity continues.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.