Political Quotes

“the ``leave no child behind'' phrase is such a great one, because every American believes in that. No American wants to leave a child behind, and it is a great way to point out what we want to do as a country for our children. But I just want to point out that as a necessary corollary to what the gentleman was saying just a moment ago, the only reason that one would oppose tax credits would be either that one wants to retain the bureaucratic control in Washington, D.C., to be able to order those districts around, or wants fewer dollars to go to education. I just want to make that clear, because I think people are out there debating, who is opposing this and why? I think it is important to understand that. Given that under this structure we leave the existing structure in place, and it still gets the resources that are directed to it, the Federal dollars to education that are flowing through the Department of Education are still there, and they still go out with all the strings and all the bureaucracy. This is not in place of that, this is an add-on in addition to that.”