Richard Shelby actually said...

"If we do not do this, where are the jobs going to come from in the future?"

"I am concerned that replacing formula-funded programs with so-called competitive programs will result in the redirection of critical Federal funds from smaller rural States or urban areas because they..."

"I always like to take that time to reaffirm the fact that we have constitutional obligations to provide this kind of education to our kids."

"I am concerned, and I am sure you are, that the 2012 budget proposal does not request funding for the mathematics and science partnership program."