Vernon Ehlers: “When I hear the name Goodling, I immediately think of four different words. The first pair is 'quality and…”

“When I hear the name Goodling, I immediately think of four different words. The first pair is 'quality and accountability.' We kept hearing that over and over in the committee. And those are very, very important words for us to hear. Will a proposal bring forth quality? Will it provide for accountability? The second pair of words is 'reading and literacy,' obviously, very, very great needs in this country. I believe we should improve math and science education in this country, and but the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Goodling) is totally dedicated to improving reading and literacy; I totally agree with that as well, because we need to do both. It has been a pleasure to serve on the Committee on Education and the Workforce with Mr. Goodling. He is an experienced teacher, administrator, and a Congressman. As an educator myself for 22 years, I was delighted to have a person heading that committee who had experience in education too, because there are many people in this world who think they know exactly what is wrong with the schools and how to fix it, but they do not have any experience at it. Mr. Goodling has that experience, and I was delighted to have him as chairman.”