Political Quotes

“I can recall, as a child growing up in my small hometown, that it was rare to see kids with learning disabilities and physical disabilities in my classroom. I do not know where those kids were. They were certainly here on Earth, but they were not in the classroom. So Congress said: We are going to change that. We are going to open the doors of education in the schools across America to children with special needs--kids who are disabled, mentally and physically, kids who have learning disabilities. We are going to give them a chance. That bill passed with an overwhelming, bipartisan vote because it sounded so right and so American for us to stand up and say: That is why America will be different. We knew, when we passed that bill, it would not be easy because many of these children really need special attention. I have seen it in classrooms across Illinois and people have seen it across the Nation. But the success stories are so gratifying, that children, who would have been tossed in the trash heap just a few years ago, are given a chance.”