Bob Schaffer: “it occurred to me, listening to the gentlewoman from New Mexico, that people monitoring our proceedings and this…”

“it occurred to me, listening to the gentlewoman from New Mexico, that people monitoring our proceedings and this discussion during this special order might be confused actually to see on the charts that Republicans are leading the way of investments and dollars in education. Confused, I say, because the media and our friends on the other side of the aisle have year after year tried to persuade the American people that we somehow are unconcerned about quality schools around the country. We are not just talking about spending more money, although in the case of these priority projects we are talking about spending more money, but in the case of the Individuals with Disabilities and Education Act, this is an acknowledged obligation we have under the Civil Rights Act to carry out this program. And the problem is that this administration is, frankly, not interested in spending dollars on a program that we are obligated to carry out.”