On the recordMarch 30, 2011
To introduce P.L. 104-134, which has helped us produce a large-scale robust alternative public school system that is now a model for the Nation. The pattern of this Congress could not be clearer. They began by stripping the District of Columbia of its vote. They have done nothing but try to take from the District of Columbia with bill after bill. Now they want to help us, against our will. We reject the insult of your help with the children of the District of Columbia. We are not second-class citizens. We are not children. If you want to help us, give us the courtesy, have the good grace to ask us how we want to be helped.
