Political Quotes

“I can only say to the gentlewoman that as Members of Congress, as you know, we should view education across the board, irrespective of what kind of household an individual actually comes from, what income level they come from. The national security risk that we have in this country is to not educate our children. That is the biggest threat that this country is faced with, not Russia, but to actually have thousands upon thousands of kids who are not literate, that is a national security threat in my mind. Because who will take on the jobs of tomorrow if we do not educate our children? Who will serve in the military, in fact, if we do not educate our children? I think this Congress is going to get there. Tonight I am working for bipartisanship. I want to pull Members from both sides of the aisle to just sit down and talk about education before we walk to the floor of the Congress, and work out our differences to the extent that we can, because there is not a Member of this Congress who does not believe that a child should not get a quality education. Now many say, well, education should be a local issue. We should send money to locals, and the locals should basically make those decisions in terms of how they run their educational systems. I differ with that. That is not to say that I am absolutely right. I just feel that education should be a partnership. I think it should be a partnership between local, State, and Federal Government.”