Political Quotes

“I have strongly supported, for a very long time, the President's request--$600 million--I say to my friend. Not only that, he did join me in an amendment I offered earlier on that point. Six hundred million dollars is where we ought to be now. To answer my friend, this is not a frivolous amendment by any stretch. The $600 million is the amount we believe we need. There is a backlog existing. These are real children waiting in lines to come in. Let me assure my friend, I do appreciate the fact that we have gone up to $400 million for after school. Believe me, I am very pleased about that. But I do believe, since we all know this is a proven program, and my friend shares enthusiasm for it, since we know 92 percent of the people in the community support it, since we know the crime rate goes up exponentially at 3 o'clock--and the Police Athletic League has told us how important this is; this is just a list of some of the law enforcement organizations that support this--we ought to go to the $600 million level. That is the reason I am offering this amendment.”