Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I want to say at the beginning of my remarks that I am going to support this resolution. However, the resolution that is before the House today is not as simple as it may seem. Unfortunately, this resolution tends to place the needs of disabled children and nondisabled children in conflict rather than to seek to recognize our commitment to all children. Full funding for the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act is a goal which is vitally important to the education of the disabled children of our Nation and one that I have been committed to since I arrived in Congress 23 years ago. We need to provide 40 percent of the excess cost of educating a child with a disability, and this should be done and this should be one of our top priorities for Federal education funding. In fact, as my chairman, the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Goodling) knows, I have joined him and many other of my colleagues in demanding additional funding for special education so we can meet this goal now rather than later.”