NAN A. S. HAYWORTH: “I was pleased to hear many of our friends on the other side talk about local initiatives but this, I believe, is the…”

“I was pleased to hear many of our friends on the other side talk about local initiatives but this, I believe, is the key. That is that initiatives can develop at home rather than be Washington-based, with a Washington community then trying to send those notions down to the schools, if you will. Things can happen at home on the front lines with volunteerism, with innovative teaching, with people taking time in their respective communities to adopt a school. But my colleague from Indiana is quite right when he mentions that there are ways for government to fill in the blanks. I would take this time, Mr. Speaker, to inform my colleagues on the other side, as I have through many interoffice letters, of a couple of pieces of legislation that I think are vitally important, both of which are drawn on a rich history of bipartisan cooperation.”