Political Quotes

“this budget plan addresses the needs of working Americans. Today we are taking important steps that will help insure that we save the budget surplus for Social Security, invest in sound education initiatives for our children and provide important relief to our nation's farmers. We have reached an agreement that goes a long way toward fulfilling our responsibility to the American people. It is a victory for Democrats, as many of the priorities that were headed for the chopping block were saved as a result of our efforts. This budget upholds the values that are important to Illinois' families and that will help build a solid foundation to continue economic growth. We have taken important steps, such as investing in public education, tackling the farm crisis and building and improving roads and bridges and empowering our communities--all without squandering the budget surplus. I am especially pleased that we are doing right by our nation's children. This bill take important steps to improve the quality of education in our public schools. By funding more teachers, we can have smaller classes that allow teachers to give attention to individual students. I am proud that we are helping communities to hire and keep qualified teachers in order to reduce class size in grades 1 through 3, years so crucial to the development of reading and math skills.”