Political Quotes

“I believe that if there was ever a problem that this country has, it deals with high school dropouts. I repeat. There are 3,000 children a day dropping out of school. Can you imagine how much better society would be if we could keep only 500 of those children in school so that we only--and I emphasize ``only''--had 2,500 children dropping out of high school a day. The program that Senator Bingaman and I are sponsoring is a program that gives local school districts absolute control. We are not telling them what to do. All we are saying is we are going to be a resource for you. Washington, DC, is going to be a resource. We have all of these programs that we have analyzed and evaluated. Here is how they work. If you have a problem in your school with a dropout, make an application and we will give you a grant and we will extend the money to the local school districts.”