Political Quotes

“I rise in serious opposition to some remarks that the gentleman from California made. In fact, walking on the floor, I thought I was back in the Mississippi legislature when they were debating not whether or not to increase but whether or not there would even be mandatory education in the schools. Mr. Chairman, Mississippi tried that. We went for almost 30 years without mandatory education, I say to the gentleman from California. That is probably why our State ranks last in so many categories. It does not work. It costs to educate kids, and it costs more to educate kids with disabilities. There was a time when they were given a couple pots and pans and told to play in the backyard. Now we try to educate them and, yes; we spend a disproportionately high amount of money trying to educate those kids. But it is for the purpose of making them self-sufficient so that we do not have to pay welfare for them. It costs money to educate children. My State tried the alternative. My State tried going without education and it is suffering for it. So I rise in complete argument with everything that the gentleman said and also want to remind you that the Republican Congress is increasing the annual operating deficit, not reducing it.”