Joseph Lieberman actually said...

"The essence of the program, Mr. Chairman, is in its name: Opportunity."

"It takes three to tango here in the Congress--which is to say the President, the Senate, and the House--to get anything adopted."

"This is not an ideological battle, it is a battle for civil rights."

"We have had frustrating times the last few years as we have not succeeded in adding new students to this critically important program, but we are not giving up because we believe in it so deeply."