you do what bobby scott has done with the promise act. you try to change the paradigm. my institution wrote a report for bobby scott when the youth project was first being implemented. our report sent the message -- no more children left behind bars. there's no more ambiguity, it's an acclamation of what we have to have behind bars -- about what we have to have. it tells us that intervention and truman are the prescriptions we need, not punishment and imprisonment. we have to move from tough to smart. why are we winning this battle now? i go to my home state, california, and what uic? thousands of people are being released from prison now. was there an epiphany? they cannot afford to lock people up any more. it is not cost-productive. they have to release people not because they're saying you did not do this, but because they cannot operate the jails and prisons anymore. who was thinking about that 10 years ago when they could have been on probation and could have received treatment, job training and drug treatment and it never happened? the goal is to not simply compla

my organization wrote a report for bobby scott. our report sends a message. it is called "no more children left behind." there's no ambiguity about it. it is in acclamation of what we have to have. no more children left behind bars. that report tells us that intervention and treatment for the prescription that we need, not punishment and imprisonment. we have to turn it around. why is -- why are we winning this battle now? i go to my home state of california and what do i see? thousands of people are being released from prison. was there any epiphany saying that we should not punish people? no. they cannot afford to lock people up anymore. it does not cost productive. they have to release people not because -- they had to release people because they cannot operate the jails and prisons anymore. they could have been on probation. they could get the job training. could have had drug treatment. it never happened. the goal is to not simply complain about the past, but to look at massachusetts and other places and say why can't people that have been in trouble not

congressman bobby scott was here and i'm not sure if he is still here. mayor johnson and senior staff representing the governor. we are all united in our concern for the process that has been used and i would ask unanimous consent that statements submitted by mark warner and governor johnson be entered into the record at the end of my turn today. i served five years in the pentagon and i support as a general principle the efforts to bring efficiency into the process of there. i'm particularly interested in seeing which come up with [inaudible] which has been significant since my time in the pentagon in the 1980's. i have worked on this issue since i have been in the senate. senator mccaskill and i were to create the wartime commission to correct system deficiencies. but any proposal related to many changes affecting unified combatant commands should be guided by a clear process, a sound analytical basis and compliance with applicable laws in a way everyone can understand it. this is not a parochial issue. it will become more important to everyone on this