Political Quotes

“I totally support this resolution. Could one imagine the Senate today debating education and ignoring the obvious? When the front-page headlines, news story after news story, remind us that mere infants now have access to handguns, that a 6-year-old can take a handgun to school and kill your son, your daughter, grandson, and granddaughter, is this America? Is this the best we can do? I think we can do a lot better. Senator Boxer challenges this Senate to go on record when it comes to school safety. I support her completely. It is important to talk about how you pay for schools. It is important to talk about the qualifications of teachers and how many kids are in a classroom and whether you have access to the Internet. But the most important question is whether you can send that little child you love to school in the morning and expect them to come home safely at night. That is why this resolution is important. Before we start talking about the finer points of improving education, let us first dedicate ourselves to safety in classrooms across America. I will support her resolution. It should receive a unanimous vote. Who in the world can stand here and say we should not be on record against the school violence we find taking place more and more every single day? A little later on in this debate, I will offer a specific grant program through the Department of Education to deal with school violence and gun violence.”