Political Quotes

“I hate to rise in opposition to the amendment of my dear friend, the gentlewoman from Hawaii, but I do have some real concerns. I would hope the chairman would have hearings on this issue before we make this kind of an investment. There are some concerns which I have, with this amendment. For instance, the proposal really goes beyond research because we are asking them to make recommendations which could be setting policies in a way that represents a new and unwarranted Federal intrusion into the very heart of State and local control of education; that is, taxing and funding decisions. The actions required by the amendment may be the foundation activities for involving the Federal Government in creating funding equity across the States, so I would hope that we could delay this and have hearings on the whole issue, and perhaps come back and not include it in this reauthorization.”