The left institute hosts a summit on sentencing laws. Participants include federal judges, advocates and states attorneys general. Its live this morning here at 8 45 here on cspan2. The American Conservative Union annual conservative Political Action conference wrapped up saturday. Its chair, matt schlapp, spoke at the event friday and talked about the conservative message and the need for the Republican Party to stay united in order to win in november. This is about 15 minutes. [applause] well, hello, conservatives. [cheers and applause] it has been a long seven years. Obamas radical policies are hurting us. We feel defeated. Our economy is stagnant. Our military is underfunded, and our veterans feel forgotten. Our faith is not respected or protected. And whats the state of the American Family . We all know that without Strong Families we will perish. [applause] americans want to feel strong again, safe again, confident again and free again. And not have to wait in lines . Thats fair,
Join us this thursday for live coverage of the white house state dinner for justin trudeau. Beginning at 6 15 p. M. Eastern on cspan. Participants include federal judges, advocates and state attorneys general. Good morning. Welcome to the alternative sentencing key stakeholder summit. My name is aaron lipskar. Im the director of the institute. Along with our many partners that have collaborated, worked with us by producing this event today. We are privileged and honored you have joined us here as we take some time over the next few days to talk about and share our experiences and ideas regarding alternative sentencing and explore the possible role that alternative sentences can play both in reducing our number of individuals that are incarcerated but certainly delivering on Public Safety and fiscal efficiency and responsibility. We have as you can see from the program to very full days. We are very thankful that we have very excellent to experts and leaders in the fields of alternative
Where is the provision for of this piece . Because if we cant get these middle schoolers who are now ramping up, if we cant find them, stop them when theyre in middle school, all this is for not. Thats what we need to be going is middle school, maybe even Elementary School but at least middle school. Where is this going with juveniles . Weve looked at the version of youth and out of home please months, 90,000 a year bad for use in georgia. Recidivism rate is between 5065 . We came up with a fiscal Incentive Grant Program and we have 29 counties in georgia who represented 70 of georgias atrisk youth to build evidencebased programs. We gave them the money that have been proven to reduce recidivism and we asked them to reduce out of home placement by 15 completion report. They reduced by 62 . 1666 a year are now being triggered an evidencebased programs. Thats one way to get the most important thing and the point youre making, my wife is an Elementary School teacher, when we have conversa
The presiding officer any senators wishing to cast their vote . The yeas are 45, the nays are 52. The motion is not agreed to. Mr. Barrasso mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from wyoming is recognized. The senate will be in order. Take your conversations out of the chamber. Mr. Barrasso parliamentary inquiry. Is it correct that no the presiding officer the senator cannot be heard. The senate will be in order. Mr. Barrasso mr. President , parliamentary inquiry. Is it correct that no senator is permitted to offer an amendment to this bill while the majority leaders amendment or motions are pending . The presiding officer at this time, there is no place for other amendments on the senators amendment tree, so that is correct. Mr. Barrasso i move to table the reed amendment number 3025, and i ask for the yeas and nays. The presiding officer is there a sufficient second . There appears to be. The clerk will call the roll. Vote vote vote the presiding officer any senators wish
And dynamic made on the floor of the house of representatives. It was not an amendment i drafted, not an imminent i was familiar with. It came up on the floor of the house in the routine of handling this is of legislature for that day. I supported the measures like that and including that because those issues were important to the people that i represented. My constituents as a state legislator were 38,000 citizens in one county in Southeast Georgia for the first two years i served. The district grew larger than that but that district is a very conservative and a very prolife constituency. I believed it was the obligation of the legislator to vote, listen to and vote the will of the constituency. Those issues were important to my constituents and thats why i supported that full amendment. That amendment came within a few years after and before a tax on doctors who provide abortion services. Would you agreed with me it was a mistake to support that kind of an animate . In light of what