Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I also thank Senator Kerry for his chairmanship on the Foreign Relations Committee and his leadership on this very important issue. I thank Senator Lugar as well. Both Senators, in combination, led strongly on this important issue. Let me briefly add 2 minutes to the chorus on this floor today. First, as to the Senators who have spoken pointedly about their fears and their concerns about home schooling. I listened to their arguments while I was the Presiding Officer. Senator Inhofe of Oklahoma spoke passionately about his youngest daughter who homeschools her kids and about their fears that somehow this convention would hand the power to an unelected group of bureaucrats to direct the schooling of children in Oklahoma. I heard Senator Lee of Utah add a question to that negative chorus. He said, I have justifiable doubts that a U.N. committee in Geneva can judge the best interests of children in Utah. I agree. This convention does nothing to empower an international convention of bureaucrats to direct the schooling of children in Delaware, West Virginia, Indiana, or in Massachusetts. I am, frankly, upset that they have succeeded in scaring the parents who homeschool their children all over this country. My own office has gotten dozens of calls and letters demanding that I vote against this convention. As a matter of international law and as a matter of U.S.…”