Political Quotes

“So, Mr. President, the health and safety standards, the quality of our child care settings, again, this ought not be a question of partisan disagreement here. As I said, if we are going to have quality controls on automobiles and pets, then we ought to do it for child care settings. If you try to place your pet in some place over the weekend when you go on your vacation, there are standards for where your pet is kept. And yet this bill says that the standards where you place your child 8 hours a day as you go to work are not required. I do not know why this ought to be the subject of partisan disagreement, and yet it is. And so when you talk about welfare reform, it is critically important that health and safety standards and quality be included. We will offer alternatives in that regard. I also want to emphasize the point that the Senator from Louisiana just made to our colleague from Pennsylvania about a voucher system at the end of 5 years or 2 years. In my view, you can put any level you want on it. My concern is, what happens to the kids at that point? What happens to those children at the end of 2 years? For some of the adults, let us assume they will be going off to work. But let us assume for a second they cannot. What happens to those kids? You cut off the parents. OK, I do not like that, and I think you have a problem with that. But for the life of me, why would you say to the child, you lose. The voucher system here provides the safety net.…”