Judd Gregg: “I wish to address again an issue I addressed yesterday on the floor relative to the funding and the activity under the…”

“I wish to address again an issue I addressed yesterday on the floor relative to the funding and the activity under the No Child Left Behind legislation which is landmark legislation we passed a year ago which the President of the United States signed and which was a bipartisan effort. After I spoke yesterday, a couple of Senators came down to the Chamber and addressed the issue but, once again, misrepresented the facts. I think it is important, therefore, to restate what the facts are and go through some of the history and also review in more depth a letter which was sent by Senator Kennedy and Senator Miller to the Department of Education, which letter, in my opinion, is off base and inaccurate. To begin with, the No Child Left Behind bill is landmark legislation, the purpose of which is to give parents of low-income children and low-income children an opportunity to participate in the American dream by assuring they get a decent education and have a chance to learn what they need to learn to be competitive with their peers, especially as they proceed through the early years of education.”