Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, we are at a crossroads in Federal education policy. There are those that still believe that all wisdom lies in Washington, and solutions to our education woes will be found in the bowels of Washington bureaucracy. Yet H.R. 1 is a road down a new path. This legislation recognizes the power, the possibility, and the promise of our public schools. Today, I urge my colleagues to support our local teachers, administrators, and school board members who in the majority of our schools are finding common-sense solutions to this generation's problems. By directing 95 cents of every education dollar directly to the classroom, we will empower teachers, not bureaucrats, and we will support education, not regulation. I offer for my colleagues' approval today, a very simple amendment. It directs the Department of Education to join our States and local school districts in an all-out effort to direct 95 percent of all our Federal education dollars to the place in which it belongs the most, the classroom. Mr. Chairman, too many education dollars are spent on bureaucracies at all levels of government.”