Political Quotes

“Mr. President, let me take you back to January of 1985. Ronald Reagan had just begun his second term as President, and one of his policy priorities was to include the abolition of the Department of Education. What did it finally take to get him to back down from that commitment? Congress. Congress stood firm to protect this vital Agency in 1985. In a letter to Senator Orrin Hatch, a Republican Senator from Utah, President Reagan said that, although he wanted to dismantle the Department, ``the proposal has received very little support in Congress,'' and because of the lack of support from Congress, which would be necessary, of course, to close down the Agency, President Reagan decided not to proceed with his plan. Sound familiar? That is because, currently, another Republican President, who ran on the slogan of ``making America great again,'' has suggested abolishing the Department of Education--only this time, he is not consulting with Congress; he is taking steps to do it. Last week, President Trump signed an Executive order to close down the Department of Education. Demolishing the Federal Agency dedicated to the success of our next generation is shortsighted and deeply damaging to the future of this country. Families, schools, and young people in my State of Illinois and across the Nation depend on the Department of Education.…”