Political Quotes

“I would like to point out the importance of a resolution of this nature, because we know that unfortunately throughout the world girls appear to be the most neglected, deprived human resources worldwide. We know that they have been handicapped too often by the perception that they are temporary members of the family but also by the belief that boys will be the breadwinners and, therefore, deserve the resources of education and opportunity. We just completed H.R. 6, the reauthorization of the Primary and Secondary Schools Act, where we inserted in that important bill further opportunities for girls to be able to be more readily acquainted with math and science, to learn that it is fun, to learn that there are careers open to them. We know that as we look at the year of the girl that very often infant deaths occur and that infant deaths decline by 20 percent when girls in developing countries have as little as 4 to 6 years of school, so the importance of continuity of education. It is, therefore, very important that we look to the future and know that females are a very important resource and equity is of the utmost importance.”