John Mica: “I remember serving in the legislature and I saw that bureaucracy. I saw the huge bureaucracy that we created and that we…”

“I remember serving in the legislature and I saw that bureaucracy. I saw the huge bureaucracy that we created and that we force, and I cannot solve those problems today with this bill, but what I can do is to help this House as it makes those important choices, and we will, by this amendment and by the agreement that we have reached, restore title I to its level of funding for last year. So this is an important amendment. Again, it is a clear choice. Do we spend the money on bureaucrats in Washington, or do we spend it in local classrooms on students and teachers?”