Lynn C. Woolsey: “last fall, Members of Congress from both parties worked with the administration and drafted a bipartisan agreement on…”

“last fall, Members of Congress from both parties worked with the administration and drafted a bipartisan agreement on what we could and what we could not do regarding national testing. Since then, there has been no evidence that the administration or any of the agencies named in that agreement have broken the agreement. Yet here we are, Mr. Chairman, not 3 months later, after putting the agreement together, debating again the development of national tests. I cannot help but believe that this legislation is motivated more by political urgency than by any real need. I hope that my colleagues will join me in putting the partisan politics aside. Vote ``no'' on H.R. 2846 and let us get to work on what we really need to do on reducing crowded classrooms, training more teachers, building new schools, and helping all of our children achieve high standards.”