Political Quotes

“I thank my colleagues, particularly Senator Kennedy, the chairman of the committee, and Senator Durenberger, who has been very helpful on this, as well as other things. We would not have the Direct Lending Program today but for Senator Durenberger's help. And also I thank Senator Wofford, who has been very helpful in this. We are talking about ``hire'' education here--spelled h-i-r-e. Seventy-five percent of those who go to high school will not end up with a bachelor's degree. Yet, we have focused a great deal of attention on the other 25 percent, and not very much on the 75 percent. This is an attempt to do so with the School-to-Work Program. It does not involve a new Federal agency. We will give seed money to California, New Hampshire, and to other States that need it, to get these School-to-Work Programs going. Senator Kennedy and I visited a school in Chicago, where young people--many of whom would have dropped out of school, frankly--were working with metal working firms there, and all of a sudden, as they work and go to school, they see that their math is important. They have to fill out a form, and they see that English is important. School takes on a new meaning: It is extremely important. I visited a plant in the Milwaukee suburbs where I saw the same thing: schools and business people working together. Sears and the Chicago Tribune in Chicago have a program.…”