Political Quotes

“we know there are other things to do, but there is nothing more important to the American people--I know there is nothing more important to the people of the State of Nevada--than to do something about education. The Senator from Iowa talked about guns. Of course, they don't want to debate that issue, even though we did more than a year ago. Remember the clamor here that we had to do something as a result of the Columbine killings. Then we had a series of killings by guns in schools. We just recently had one in Florida where a boy was sent home because he was dropping water balloons. He came back and killed the teacher. There was no safety lock on that gun. It was laying around. Some felon had it. I don't know who had it. Anyway, the kid was able to get it. The majority's argument is simply a smokescreen. Of course, they don't want to talk about gun safety. They also don't want to vote on other priority issues such as modernizing schools. The average school in America is almost 50 years old. In Nevada, because we have to build one new school a month, we also need some help building schools, renovating schools. We have a tremendously difficult problem. People think of Nevada as the most rural place in America. It is the most urban place in America. Over 90 percent of the people live in two communities: Reno and Las Vegas. We have the seventh largest school district in America, with over 230,000 students. We need some help.…”