Political Quotes

“Madam President, in New Hampshire and all across the country, school supplies are lining the shelves of stores, but school board members, teachers, and parents are still wrestling with the decisions about what exactly this school year will look like. No matter if schools open fully remote, fully in person or a hybrid of both, we have to do all we can to ensure that young people receive a quality education while also keeping students, school faculty, and their families safe. Just as schools are trying to make decisions, just as administrators, educators, and families are trying to figure out what this school year will look like in their communities, they have been met by a lack of resources and clear guidance from this administration and from my colleagues on the other side of the aisle. We have known for months that schools would face enormous challenges this fall, and Federal delays have only made the situation more challenging across the country. For months, the Senate majority leader stalled action on an additional COVID-19 relief package, saying that he felt ``no urgency.'' But school districts across this country have felt plenty of urgency. Instead of giving them time and appropriate resources to plan, Senator McConnell kicked the can down the road. Now he has released a completely inadequate and unacceptable proposal that provides too few resources to schools and would actually withhold aid if schools don't fully reopen in person.…”