Chuck Schumer: “What is really wounding to those of us who believe so much in education is not simply that education was not walled off…”

“What is really wounding to those of us who believe so much in education is not simply that education was not walled off but the doublespeak that is going on in this Capitol. The President did not campaign as the military President. He did not campaign as the agriculture President. He is not busy taking pictures with big trucks as the transportation President. He campaigned as the education President. Then they hand up a budget whose increase in actual spending is miserly. To say this is doublespeak is kind. This is why the American people despise Washington, because there are all the photo opportunities and all the slogans, and then when it comes to actually putting the money on the table to help keep our country No. 1--by educating it--we come up with 100 excuses. Where are the excuses for the military? Where are the excuses for agriculture? Where are the excuses for transportation? This is just not right. This is just not fair.”