Rep. Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA) meets with Attorney General Eric Holder to discuss the Youth PROMISE Act. October 26, 2009
Rep. Scott and Attorney General Eric Holder Discuss the Youth PROMISE Act 2009
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Criminal Justice
Rep. Conyers’Remarks on the D.C. Crime Bill – Congressional Record (1967)
Rep. John Conyers expresses his disagreement with the D.C. Crime Bill and sites it as unconstitutional. June 26, 1967
Introduction of H.R. 11882 – Congressional Record (1971)
H.R. 11882, a bill to establish minimum prisoner treatment standards for prisons in the United States, and to create an agency to hear complaints arising from alleged infractions of such standards to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reps. Rangel, Chisholm, Clay,...
President Obama Signs the Fair Sentencing Act (2010)
President Barack Obama talks with Members of Congress after signing the Fair Sentencing Act in the Oval Office on August 3, 2010. Participants include, from left, Attorney General Eric Holder, Sen. Patrick Leahy (VT), Rep. Bobby Scott (VA), Senate Majority Whip...