Political Quotes

“I rise to strongly oppose the nomination of Betsy DeVos for Secretary of Education. I want to start by just reading from some letters from some young constituents that I received. From one little boy named Theodore: Dear Senator Gillibrand, I am a public student in PS 3. I love my school. Please vote against Betsy DeVos because she's against public schools. I'm happy here. From Felix: Dear Senator Gillibrand, I am a public school student in New York, and I love my school. Please vote against Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education because she is prejudice against public schools. I am in third grade and am a boy. Love, Felix. Dear Senator Gillibrand, my name is Mina, and I am a public school student. I love my school (PS3), and I hope you vote against Betsy DeVos because she does not support public schools. Sincerely, Mina. These are just three letters out of thousands of letters, phone calls, and emails from my constituents. I have never heard so much from my constituents about someone so ill-prepared for the job they have been nominated for. I am unconvinced that this nominee in any way would use her position to actually fight for the 2.6 million students and 200,000 teachers in the public schools in my State. She refused during hearings to commit to protecting the Federal funding that goes to our title I schools which serve students from our lowest income families.…”