Raúl Grijalva actually said...

"the ESA does not need congressional meddling to work better. What it needs is congressional support."

"Arizona, along with Mississippi, are at the five lowest States in terms of per people expenditures to the public schools; Arizona is about $3,300 under the national average."

"without resources, asking public school systems to meet any benchmark...you are jeopardizing a lot of children."

"public money that is being diverted to those programs, as a consequence it is less another layer of nonsupport from the public schools in Arizona."