Political Quotes

“first I respect the sincerity of the President pro tempore and his careful work in this body. I also respect my friend from Oklahoma, Senator Nickles. Let me point out, to just reinforce what Senator Kennedy had to say, that it is those of us on this side of the aisle who have asked for a review by the GAO. When you talk about 154 job training plans, that includes the Pell grants; that includes Stafford guaranteed student loans. It includes a lot of things that really are not job training programs. They took the extreme on this. Let me add that Secretary Bob Reich is proposing some programs to consolidate, and I think we are going to develop an improvement. I want to particularly thank Senator Kennedy. Senator Byrd, in referring to Senator Kennedy, used the word ``leadership.'' He really is a leader. We heard, in response to Senator Nickles, these are not just pieces of paper for him; he believes in these things. I really appreciate that leadership. I also want to thank Senator Wofford and Senator Durenberger, both of whom played important roles in developing this, as well as Congressman Ford and Congressman Goodling. As has been said, three-fourths of the young people who go to our high schools do not get bachelors' degrees. We have to help them. This is a higher education bill, as I said earlier today, but it is higher education spelled h-i-r-e, so that young people can learn on the job.”