Political Quotes

“We increased their spending each and every year, even though they could not get a clean audit, and that is the bureaucratic model that says, well, being able to go back to the American people and getting a clean audit, that is not an essential requirement and, as a matter of fact, even if we do not get a clean audit, they are going to give us more money. There is a whole list of scandals and fraud within the Department of Education, so it is not only that they could not get a clean audit, the systems that they had in place were actually an open invitation to theft and corruption between the Department of Education. Now, that is rapidly changing under this President and Under Secretary Paige. But it was accepted in the Clinton administration for 4 years, and it was a major disappointment, and the biggest disappointment was when they did not perform. Rather than having their spending frozen or their spending cut, the bureaucratic, the Washington model said, that is okay, we are going to give you more money. That would never happen with the tax credit.”