Chris Dodd: “What I have been told over the years is, back towards the turn of the 20th century, we were in this country building a…”

“What I have been told over the years is, back towards the turn of the 20th century, we were in this country building a new high school every week in order to provide for the challenges of the 20th century. We understood that creating places that were conducive to learning was critically important to take advantage of the technologies that were emerging at that time. Obviously, we are now in a new century, but the technologies and ability to provide students with access to education are unprecedented historically. I wonder, from a historical standpoint, if the Senator might share her own thoughts on what has been the history of our Nation regarding the commitment to education, going back to the Northwest Ordinance, the GI bill even before the end of World War II. At times of great national crises, Congress and Presidents always found time, in the midst of other issues, to commit themselves to education.”