Political Quotes

“I yield myself such time as I may consume. Let me say this, Mr. Speaker. The ranking member said that basically this is a gift to the District of Columbia, and you know, the chairman of the committee--and I would appreciate it if he would take into consideration--while handing the District of Columbia $20 million in vouchers, H.R. 1, which he voted for, would take from the District of Columbia now $2.39 million from the D.C.'s title I funding, $500,000 for the funding for the 21st Century Community Learning Centers. This is just from the District of Columbia; $23.5 million from Pell Grants so that when these kids get through the system like he just said, they would be able to have some money to go to school; but H.R. 1 takes away $845 per year. That's a lot of money for a college student. $5.7 million from Federal supplemental educational opportunity grants, $3.92 million from Head Start programs which would disallow 700 Head Start students from going to Head Start. So when you talk about giving a gift, I mean, that's one thing; but just in Pell Grants alone you've taken away from the very people that you say you support. And, you know, let's just be fair about this. Mr. Speaker, this is about every child. I've said it in committee, and I'll say it again. There is nobody on this side of the aisle who wants more for every child to have an education and have a good education than we do; and so hopefully this matter will be resolved, but this is not the way to do it.…”