Political Quotes

“I favor major reform. I think there has to be a major change. But I think this is an extreme change. What was true of special ed I think would have been true and would be true today in terms of clean air, in terms of clean water. I am not sure the Americans With Disabilities Act would have ever passed. So let us be sensible. Let us have some kind of balance here. I am for a highly reformed federalism, but not for the end of it. And I think that this bill, without this substitute, is a step backward several hundred years instead of forward to a new era where there is a true partnership. So I just urge my colleagues, though the vote may be difficult, to vote their conscience and, indeed, vote their local interests, acknowledge at times there is a need for a merger, a melding of national, State, and local interests.”