Political Quotes

“I do support the Dodd-Jeffords amendment which would add $6 billion for education grants. This is an amendment which I had discussed with both the Senator from Connecticut and the Senator from Vermont in terms of increasing education funding. In my capacity as ranking Republican on the Subcommittee on Labor, Health, Human Services, and Education, where I work with Senator Harkin, the funding for education is grossly insufficient and the allocation for that subcommittee, where we have to make the division among items like industrial safety, mine safety, the National Institutes of Health, and education programs, is extraordinarily difficult. When the budget allocations are finally made and they come into the appropriations process, this money will give us some substantial additional discretion. I have long believed that the allocation for that subcommittee ought to be substantially larger.”