Political Quotes

“The great irony, you know, is that most people do not follow the activities of the Senate budget committee. If you want your eyes to glaze over, try to follow a budget debate, whether you are talking about local, State, or national budgets. It can get pretty arcane--budget stories get buried away in the back of your local newspaper. But what the Senator from Massachusetts just told you is absolutely the truth. There was a budget agreement reached that will set the priorities for education for the coming months and years in this country. This agreement has just cut $1.6 billion out of priorities like Head Start, Title I, and Safe and Drug-Free Schools. This agreement failed to provide funding to reduce classroom size, to train teachers and to provide early education. All of these programs are being cut, and simultaneously we are being asked to provide an additional $1.6 billion in tax breaks--$7 to a public school family and $37 to a private school family--as if by doing so, we were making some great commitment to education.”