Political Quotes

“earlier this week I spoke in Wadsworth, OH, at the Wadsworth public library, to a group of young people and their parents who are looking in the next couple of years to attend college. It was mostly made up of sophomores and juniors in Wadsworth High School and Highland High School and other high schools in Medina County. Mr. Speaker, before I spoke to this seminar, a young person and her father came up to me and said, ``How come Republicans, how come Newt Gingrich wants to cut student loans? It simply does not make sense.'' The Gingrich budget wants to cut student loans $4 billion, wants to make other cuts in the safe and drug free school program, Head Start, title I, Goals 2000, other education funding programs, another $3 billion. It simply does not make sense. If we are ever going to be as globally competitive as we need to be in this country, we do not cut education. We do not cut student loans to middle-class families. We do not cut programs that help combat drug abuse in the schools. We do not cut title I. We do not cut school-to-work programs. Mr. Speaker, it simply does not make sense.”