Political Quotes

Byron Dorgan: “They have already weighed in. They would prefer it fall in the summer. My children are in seventh and fifth grades, and…”

On the recordSeptember 14, 1999
They have already weighed in. They would prefer it fall in the summer. My children are in seventh and fifth grades, and if there is to be an extra month, they would prefer it fall somewhere in the summer.
Said by
Byron Dorgan
Democratic · North Dakota

Editor's note · Context

Discussing school schedules and preferences for summer breaks.

Share

More from Byron Dorgan

Jun 25, 2024

Tribes ceded close to 200 million acres of land during the treaty-making and removal periods prior to 1881.

congress.gov
Jun 6, 2017

The agency promised changes, but the situation has only disintegrated since.

congress.gov
Feb 2, 2016

Senator Byron Dorgan's 68-page Report of 2010 addressing the critical conditions of all the Great Plain's Regional IHS was brought to the attention of McSwain.

congress.gov
Feb 2, 2016

This is not about politics; everyone on this dais knows that.

congress.gov

Other voices in this conversation