Chris Dodd: “I commend our colleague from Florida. He has made an eloquent statement. He raises a very valuable point. I appreciate…”

“I commend our colleague from Florida. He has made an eloquent statement. He raises a very valuable point. I appreciate his support for this amendment. This is one way to put us on record, in a bipartisan way, to say how critical increased Title I funding is to educational reform. Not only must we insist upon accountability but we must make it possible for people to demonstrate their academic achievement, which is necessary if we are going to be successful. So I, for one, am very grateful for his support on this amendment and also for his comments in relation to the position we may find ourselves in with having supported a reauthorization but then finding it difficult under the budget agreement to have the resources actually committed. I thank the Senator for his comments.”