Connie Mack: “When I go home and speak to the people, they will tell you that the No. 1 issue facing the Nation, facing their State…”

“When I go home and speak to the people, they will tell you that the No. 1 issue facing the Nation, facing their State, facing their community, is education. I think they recognize that if their children are going to be successful with their lives, they have to have an education that is second to none. But let me put it in a broader perspective in that I believe that the 21st century is going to be the century of knowledge. We have all heard about, for the last 10 or 15 years, folks like Alvin Toffler talking about the information/communications age. Some of us find ourselves totally surprised that we are engaged in playing around on the computer, the Internet, things I couldn't have dreamed of a couple years ago. We know there is an explosion of knowledge and information out there. We also know that if our children are going to be successful and be able to compete in the 21st century, they are going to have to have an education second to none.”