Max Baucus: “Mr. President, I am very strongly in favor of the Education Flexibility Partnership Act. That is very simply because if…”

“Mr. President, I am very strongly in favor of the Education Flexibility Partnership Act. That is very simply because if there is any investment that makes sense in this country, it is investing in education, pure and simple, full stop, end of subject. At all levels--whether it is Head Start, whether it is the early years zero to 3, whether it is after Head Start, whether it is kindergarten, whether it is elementary and secondary, whether it is college, whether it is postgraduate education, whether it is continuing education, whether it is technical skills development--education is the investment which is going to make the difference in our country and assure our future as Americans, the time we spend continuing to educate our people in a very thoughtful, constructive way. Of course, we do not want to just throw money at the problem but, rather, we want to invest wisely; and this legislation, S. 280, is very much, in my judgment, a step in that direction.”