Nancy Pelosi: “I think there is a lack of understanding by some of our Republican colleagues about how this issue is understood in the…”

“I think there is a lack of understanding by some of our Republican colleagues about how this issue is understood in the country. As a member of the subcommittee, I get many calls and letters, et cetera, from very different people; not the usual folks who usually call, but members of PTA's across the country. This has gone beyond the usual advocacy groups who will pay attention to what goes into legislation in Congress. This is well beyond that. This is parents, members of PTA's and the rest, members of school boards across the country. They are not particularly political, but they understand how this is going to affect their neighborhood schools. That is critically important. I certainly think the Senators understand, because they put back almost all of the $2.7 billion. I think nothing speaks more eloquently to the bankruptcy of the policy in this House on education funding than the fact that even the Republican Senators disassociated themselves from it and came back with $2.7 billion, which I hope we can get into the House bill, or in conference back in.…”