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

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.

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

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.

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.

There is nothing Federal about local volunteer fire departments.

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