Political Quotes

“It is my understanding, Mr. Chairman, that under ESEA all the things the gentleman is talking about have to be in place by the school year 2000-2001 one. Right now, although 17 schools may be ready for it, right now none have their final assessments in place, a lot of them do not have their standards in place. The gentleman is saying that they cannot have Ed-Flex at all. We are saying Ed-Flex is a relatively simple bill. We have worked with the gentleman and put a lot more accountability in here than was in before, which the GAO report wanted, but now I think the gentleman is extending it to a level that none of us want to live up to. I give the gentleman credit for a good presentation, but I was wondering if we really have to go forward with the amendment. I think this amendment would be counterproductive to those of us, including maybe the gentleman, who are supporting the underlying bill.”