the forefront, it needs to include preventive programs, and i'm a product of a prevention program, mr. alder i attended mays junior high, i was a part of one of those programs for at-risk kids and dropouts. but here i stand. here i stand. forming a ring in the air in the halls of congress, i pray this is the new civil rights movement that will continue to make this a priority for all our children. our children are our future and far too many of them are losing their ways, being raised in single family homes, with family members incarcerated. one such program today i helped organize and helped model at my home institution at the federal detention center in miami where we partner with the u.s. attorney's office and we usher in little schoolchildren just like i, to hear the stories of offenders who are serving time, and hoping to ensure they will make the right choice, not the wrong ones. let's try to keep our children who are our future out of prison in the first place. [ applause ] as a professional law enforcement officer, i'm ready for work, even among things that are not popular, like sent