Frederica Wilson actually said...

"The Federal Government's decreasing support over the past few decades has left our local communities in a dangerous and precarious position, which has disproportionately affected communities of color ..."

"I don't know that parents will feel very confident in sending their students back to school if we don't have consistent, enforceable standards that are in place."

"I think it is a necessary step to economic recovery."

"This hearing, like others, challenges us to make more critically--to think more critically about the impact of systemic racism in our Nation."