Tom Harkin: “Oh, relevant amendments. See, there you go. The last ESEA bill we had up was 4 years ago. We had amendments offered on…”

“Oh, relevant amendments. See, there you go. The last ESEA bill we had up was 4 years ago. We had amendments offered on the Republican side that were not relevant. We didn't say anything. We debated them. We debated them and we voted on them. Oh, but now they don't want to do that. The Republicans say: It has to be relevant. And they will preclude us from offering amendments on that bill that are relevant--maybe not to education but relevant to what is happening in America today. Yet they do not want to do that. We would agree to time limits. Senator Daschle has here: 1 hour each, equally divided. That is 14 hours. In 14 hours, we could be done with the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.”