Political Quotes

“Let me just make this point clear. I do not want the money to be raised at the States, sent to Washington and given back with no controls. I want the money to stay in the States, because my parents want that. They believe they can spend it better than any Washington program. Short of getting to that, short of getting to leaving those moneys at home in Arizona, or Illinois, or Wisconsin or California, then I like the concept of block grants, because there is a simple point here. I do not know that whole school reform is the right idea, and I trust the parents in Arizona to shape education in Arizona. That was an issue when I campaigned. It was an issue before the 104th Congress and it is an issue before the 105th Congress. That issue is, are we going to control education reform and education policy from Washington or are we going to let parents in America, out there working with their teachers and their school administrators, decide? This bill has Washington deciding that. If it did not, then it would not say you get the money if you pursue a whole school reform initiative.”