"As to the distribution of Milcon, certainly if I were in a Guard or Reserve unit, I'd feel as though I wasn't getting what I needed, and we have to admit that."
"I come from Vermont, one of the most rural States in the country, and we have exactly those problems as well."
"President Reagan fought hard for a 5 cents per gallon gas tax that included transit funding and he made a promise to, then, my children, in 1983."
"If we are going to be a strong, competitive Nation economically, we are going to have to adjust this problem at one point or another."
"I do not think there is any debate, no matter what your politics may be, progressive or conservative, bridges falling down are bridges falling down."
"To do that, you are going to have to pay child care workers commensurate salaries to what we pay teachers."
"We need a revolution in child care--every kid in this country, as is the case in many European countries."
"The purpose of Federal education programs in the United States is to provide equity in our education system."
"Is that tied up in the reconciliation package?"
"I don't think that is such a bad idea myself."
"The blueprint for reauthorization that we have received from the Obama administration is a step in the right direction."
"I don't know how we can expect kids to do well in school if the first 4 or 5 years of their lives, they don't have their intellectual or emotional needs addressed."
"No Child Left Behind puts too much emphasis on testing, therefore narrowing the curriculum of many classrooms."
"In our country, we have by far the highest rate of childhood poverty of any other country on Earth."
"We are going to lose that, aren't we? We are going to have to rethink that."
"Do you agree that our current system is a disaster?"
"Well, I look forward to working with you. I don't know how we are going to make great advances in elementary and secondary education, lest we address child care as well."
"When 70 percent of women went to work outside of the home, it created many more opportunities for women."
