Political Quotes

“I rise in support of both resolutions we are considering today, both which urge this Congress and the President to fully fund IDEA and the Pell grant Programs before funding any new program. As a supporter of both these programs, I understand that IDEA provides an education for many American children who would otherwise be denied an education, and the Pell grant has enabled millions of Americans, including my good friend and colleague, the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Ehlers), to attend college. However, Mr. Speaker, these nonbinding resolutions will not make a dent, really, even with all the flowery and wonderful rhetoric we have heard from both sides today. For we are merely expressing our wishes, merely talking about the problem, but not acting. I can assure my colleagues that if Democrats were in control of this Chamber, not only would we be talking today, we would be preparing to act. In fact, if we were serious about education, we would probably think about funding the class size reduction program of the President and the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Clay).”