Political Quotes

“I thank the gentlelady from Illinois who speaks so eloquently on this. As you were talking about the schools, 44 percent of the principals across this Nation say clearly that their schools are not up to the standard that they want to have their own children in. In the classrooms, paint on the walls is falling off and bathrooms are inadequate, playgrounds and the like. There are 35,000 schools across this country that can be repaired, that can be rebuilt--new classrooms, science classrooms, upgrading the Internet systems in these schools, and the playgrounds. All of that is possible. How correct you are when you say there are men and women out there who are ready to do that work. These are a lot of jobs. This isn't heavy equipment work. This is heavy ``person power'' work. Let's put these people to work.”