Political Quotes

“the gentlewoman who just spoke cares deeply about the lives of the constituents that she represents and about the welfare of this great city. I think to charge the majority with the label of being ideologically motivated, though, is unfair. I heard it from the gentleman from Wisconsin as well. The fact is I do not think it is ideological to say to the NEA that is housed in a great big facility here in the city, that they ought to pay taxes like everybody else. I do not think it is ideological to try to tell the parents of a youngster who is bound to go to a school that has proven itself inferior and incapable of delivering a decent education. It is in these schools where the youngster is effectively sentenced to try to survive in that school, which in turn yields a high probability that he may ultimately be sentenced to prison, if he survives. I do not think it is ideological to say that he should have another opportunity to go to another school. I do not think it is ideological to say that we should come up with a system that makes it cheaper to build new schools, or repair older schools so they can be habitable for youngsters, rather than being bound and hogtied by ideological Davis-Bacon laws that say that you have to pay higher wages and thus have less money to repair the facilities.”