Pete Domenici: “If we are speaking about education--not AmeriCorps; that is not part of education; some might think it is, but it…”

“If we are speaking about education--not AmeriCorps; that is not part of education; some might think it is, but it isn't-- according to the CBO, our budget resolution provides $47.877 billion for education. The President had $47.228--slightly less, $600 million less. What we are spending this year is 43.3. To get up and say all these groups support this--of course, if we ask them, do you want more money, they will say, of course, we want more money. Right? I don't think anybody in the education field, whether it is at the State level, the district level, or the national level will not affirmatively answer a questionnaire, will you support more money for education? The question is, Are we treating it with the priority that it deserves in this budget? There are two parts to ours. One is the sense-of-the-Senate language that says we need reform in education, not only more money.”