Political Quotes

“If we are going to use our schools so that kids have a better chance in life, don't we want them to be decent, safe buildings? Honest to goodness, if we fail, if these kids go out in the street, get in trouble at the malls, or wherever it happens to be, and get arrested, they are going to head off to a public facility that is better than the school they left. Does that make sense? What does it say about America? So, today, we are going to test a new premise. If we cannot afford, as America, health care for children, which we voted yesterday, we will have a chance today on Senator Carol Moseley-Braun's amendment to see whether or not we can afford adequate schools for our children. I yield the floor.”