Political Quotes

“I can tell you as we have gone around the country, it is not an issue of spending more money. We have gone, and the best example is taking a look at what is going on outside of this building in this city where we in Congress really have control over the school system. We spend on average about $10,000 per student. Now I come out of west Michigan. We spend about 56, $5,700 per student. It varies throughout my district, but in that neighborhood. Here in Washington, D.C. we spend about $10,000 per student. And you say, wow, we must have some of the best schools, the best technology, the best buildings, the best teachers, and we ought to be getting great results in this school system here in D.C. It is not what is happening. We are getting terrible results. We are failing 60 to 80,000 children each and every year who are getting substandard education, and they are not going to be prepared to go out and compete. It is a huge problem.”