Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I would just like to address the question that the gentleman from Massachusetts posed. What is allocated for this bill? $54.3 billion is going to be appropriated immediately. Madam Speaker, at this point, the bill that he is talking about has no money--only 5 percent until after 2021. We have students and parents and everyone coming to us, and they want to open their schools because the children are falling far behind. This is particularly difficult in New York, where we have no plan in place and the Governor has failed to give us a plan, and our students are failing and we need to have our students back on track. That is all that we are asking for, is that this money be allocated now and not wait for only 5 percent to be allocated until after 2021. Mr. McGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, let me just state for the record and respond to the gentlewoman. The bill she is talking about is not an appropriations bill. Let's be clear. Let's make sure we are clear about what we are talking about here. This is not an appropriations bill. She is talking about money that was previously allocated in previous bills. The bill that my Republican friends are bringing forward allocates zero. It encourages schools to open up. Again, our schools don't need encouragement. What they need are resources.…”