Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 1210 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS; PURPOSE; DEFINITIONS. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Academic Partnerships Lead Us to Success Act'' or the ``A PLUS Act''. (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents; purpose; definitions. Sec. 2. Declaration of intent. Sec. 3. Transparency for results of public education. Sec. 4. Maintenance of funding levels spent by states on education. Sec. 5. Administrative expenses. Sec. 6. Equitable participation of private schools. (c) Purpose.--The purposes of this Act are as follows: (1) To give States and local communities maximum flexibility to determine how to improve academic achievement and implement education reforms. (2) To reduce the administrative costs and compliance burden of Federal education programs in order to focus Federal resources on improving academic achievement. (3) To ensure that States and communities are accountable to the public for advancing the academic achievement of all students, especially disadvantaged children.…”