Political Quotes

“I am proud to follow my very distinguished colleague from Maryland after those very powerful and eloquent remarks, and I subscribe to literally every point that he has made in representing Maryland. We are joined by Senators from all over the country, Senator Reed, and Senator Cortez Masto. This issue is truly national in scope. It occurred to me as I was listening to Senator Van Hollen: We would not ask students to go through an education where they had no books, where they had no desks, where they had no writing instruments, where they had no teachers. The internet is as fundamental to education today as the basic building blocks of desks and teachers and books. They are our future. Our students are our future, and the internet is part of their present and future. I want to bring this issue home to Connecticut. I convened a roundtable--as I have done in many parts of the State--in Hartford a week or so ago with the superintendent of schools, the mayor of Hartford, and parents and community groups to talk about the digital divide--or the homework gap, as it is now known so widely and colloquially. The stories they told me about attempting to connect during this time when their students were learning remotely were absolutely heartbreaking.…”