Donna Edwards: “I don't think that that was what we intended in Congress when we passed the Recovery Act.”

I think Republicans are clearly going to use this 'education and parental involvement and what's taught in schools and what's in libraries' as a mechanism to draw their base voters out for this election.

Well, I think the numbers prove that in a Washington Post, University of Maryland poll that was released just a couple of weeks ago showed that, in fact, fully a third of Americans believe that violence is a, you know, response that is…

We have to have an argument that realizes that there is a healthy balance of parents being involved in schools, but also that professionals are making determinations about what is or is not taught in the schools.

This is coming from Congress. This is the people's house, you know, saying that they believe that there has been some criminal behavior.