Bruce F. Vento: “after doing half a job, this Congress for the past year has been coasting. Here we are, almost 15 days beyond, two weeks…”

“after doing half a job, this Congress for the past year has been coasting. Here we are, almost 15 days beyond, two weeks beyond the fiscal year and the budget matters are not being addressed. For these 10 months, bills and proposals that the President put on the table and the Democrats have been pushing on education and investing in people have been languishing. There has been no response. The Republicans in Congress have said no! The only Republicans Congress response is to pass some window dressing bills in terms of authorization, then to turn around and not even put the money into the appropriation bills that would fund those important education programs. I think it is time to offer real money for school to put the dollars behind the rhetoric in school construction, to offer more than just duck tape and lip service to deal with the worn out facilities that our children are supposed to be taught with in and learning. I think it is time to put teachers in the classroom and provide smaller class size, the type of quality assistance that our children need today more than ever. This generation deserves the same investment that past generations had and that others in this country had. Our children are our future. Education is the ticket to success and opportunity in our democracy. Let us vote for these education programs and initiatives.”