Political Quotes

“What you find, we do not know anything about what needs to happen in those schools compared to the parents and the teachers and the administrators who have come in and have testified. And they are passionate about their kids. We have seen success stories. All of the success stories, all the great things that are happening in these kinds of schools are where the focus is on the kids. And the focus effort is between the school administrators and the parents and other people in that community and the business leaders all taking a look at their community and understanding what is going on in their community and putting together a program for their community. They kind of scratch their heads, and they ask the same question that you asked, why are you in Washington trying to tell us what to do in our community? We know our kids. We know our population. We know the special needs that we have. We know the opportunities that we have. Why do we have to try to fit, you know, our peg into your round hole when there is a disconnect.”