Political Quotes

“I rise to support Senator Murray's amendment. I make an observation at the outset. I do think this amendment suffers in one sense. It suffers from the ``not invented here'' syndrome. That is, I have not heard anybody yet--I am hopeful to hear it--come forward and say why smaller classes are not better and why the United States of America and the Federal Government should not help in accommodating most States and counties and cities change individual classrooms to smaller sizes. Maybe there is something of which I am unaware. I am anxious to hear it. I have been listening back in my office to this nondebate debate because everybody seems to be for it, based on what is going on, other than an oblique reference that is not good from one quarter. But other than that, I have not heard why smaller classes are not better. I am amazed any Senator would come to the floor of the Senate to argue that reducing class size is not good for children. Occasionally we run across those things that are so obvious on their face there is no debate about it.”