Political Quotes

“first, let me express my respect, especially for the prior speakers and their commitment to and concern for education and improving education in our country. That is I believe a universal concern, of course. I do not think it is unique to either party. And it is something that has been outlined by the Senator from Illinois who has made some exceptionally aggressive efforts in this area which I greatly admire, as he has outlined. This is critical to the future capacity to have high quality education. Really, if you want to look at the resources of our Nation, the true resources are the minds of our children. This is especially true as we move into the information and communication century, which will be the 21st century. We all recognize this. Of course, this bill is a statement by the administration and by members of the leadership of this committee as to how they think it should be addressed and how they feel we should improve education throughout this country. All the speakers to date have been high in their praise of this bill. I must demur. I think that this piece of legislation has some very serious flaws.”