Political Quotes

“I think, first of all, it is probably not the end of the world that we are making some cuts in education. I think we can probably live with some of that. But there are areas about which I am concerned. I believe the goals panel, the national goals panel is a very, very important step we should reinstate. I am talking about $3 million or some relatively small amount of money. But those goals are not standards, they are not telling anybody how to do anything, they are goals that we need to reach by the year 2000 and I do not think we are doing it. I would hope at some point as this goes through the Senate and goes through conference, we will look at the safe and drug-free schools, and hopefully we can restore that money, because I think that program has worked so significantly well. Also, if there is anything left over, I think that the chapter 1 program has by and large worked effectively in the United States of America. I realize that we have to make the cuts, and I realize we are going to have to make a lot of tough decisions, but I also believe these are programs we should look at.”