Political Quotes

Vernon Ehlers: “I want to make it clear that I am a strong supporter of education, a strong supporter of good schools, and a strong…”

On the recordFebruary 24, 1994
I want to make it clear that I am a strong supporter of education, a strong supporter of good schools, and a strong supporter of teacher certification. However, I'm an even stronger supporter of not having the Federal Government intrude into the area of private schools and home schools. And I arise with some experience in this because my constituents in Michigan have experienced not only attempts at regulation, but also harassment from the State Department of Education in the past. This was eventually resolved when one of the individuals from my area ended up in the supreme court of the State of Michigan, which ruled against the Michigan Department of Education for their attempts to overregulate home schools. I believe it is essential to adopt the Armey amendment.
Said by
Vernon Ehlers
Republican · Michigan
Source
govinfo.gov

Editor's note · Context

The speaker discusses the importance of education and the need to limit federal intrusion into private and home schooling.

Share

Share on XShare on FacebookEmail this quote

More from Vernon Ehlers

Nov 5, 2007

Mr. Sant assured me that, with his reappointment, he would do his part to ensure that the "Nation's attic," which is the common name for the Smithsonian, is not being looted by those who have put personal gain above the interests of the…

govinfo.gov
May 2, 2007

First of all, I'll make a deal with you; I won't make any judgments about medical research if you don't make judgments about NSF research. The point of this really is that you cannot predict what will result from the research; that is the…

govinfo.gov
Apr 23, 2008

I personally would prefer, if we are going to show preferences here and use the money for that purpose, I would really prefer that we use those funds to give preference to those organizations that submit proposals for doing research and…

govinfo.gov
Jun 4, 2008

I just want to recognize the good work that the board has done, the importance of the preservation of both visual and audio recordings... So I strongly support this bill and urge its passage.

govinfo.gov
View all Vernon Ehlers quotes

Other voices in this conversation