Political Quotes

“Oftentimes I wonder if the Senator would agree that what we see happening here with the leadership on the Republican side is that they know that education is a key issue and they bring before the Senate these very narrow bills. For example, last time we had a bill that would have given a benefit of about $7 a year, allowing some children to get $7 more to go to a private school. We were arguing that we needed a broader vision. I say to my friend, does he not see this in somewhat the same fashion? We have a narrow bill when, as the Senator says, we need to look at afterschool, we need to look at more teachers, see that the classrooms are smaller; we need to look at what is happening to kids when they need mentoring. We have to look at what kind of classrooms they are in. And my colleague misses Senator Moseley-Braun, who worked so hard on school construction. I wanted to ask my friend if he saw a pattern here developing where certain folks take a poll and they see there is an important issue, and they come back with a very narrow answer when what we need is a broader vision for the next century.”