Political Quotes

“I call up amendment No. 515. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Tennessee [Mr. Alexander], for himself and Mr. Paul, Mr. Toomey, Mr. Rubio, and Mr. McConnell, proposes an amendment numbered 515. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund related to the education of low-income children, which may include allowing funding under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to follow children from low-income families to the school the children attend) At the end of title III, add the following: SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR SCHOOL CHOICE. The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports related to the education of low-income children, which may include allowing funding under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to follow children from low-income families to the school the children attend, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2013 through 2018 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2013 through 2023. The PRESIDING OFFICER.…”