Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I yield myself 2 minutes just to address an issue that we have talked about a number of times. Both sides have referred to organizations that support or oppose this legislation. For a moment, I just want to go to a letter that has been referred to from the American Association of School Administrators, the Council of the Great City Schools, and the National School Boards Association. They represent the State and local officials who actually have to implement this law that we are preparing to pass here in Congress. There are just a couple of excerpts from the letter which I will quote: ``The bill adds multiple new requirements while failing to reimburse these additional costs.'' ``School districts continue to financially subsidize the Federal meals program at the expense of our primary responsibility, our students' educational program.'' ``The numerous new requirements in S. 3307 will exacerbate these operational concerns and drive school districts' budgets further in the hole. Notably, none of the interest groups or celebrities promoting this bill bear the governmental and legal responsibility of school district officials to deliver services with an annual balanced budget,'' and so forth. This bill will drive up costs and complexities for school districts, and that is not the direction in which we should be going. American Association of School Administrators; Council of the Great City Schools; National School Board Association, November 15, 2010.…”