Political Quotes

“now let us move from fantasy land to the real world. I think that would be a good approach. I would have thought, after what I heard, that somehow or other the Federal Government was in charge of public education in this country, even though we only spend 6 percent of all the money that is spent, 6 percent. Under our plan, incidentally, we spend $340.8 billion over the next 7 years on education. Compare that with the former majority that was just speaking. During their last 7 years, they spent $315.1 billion. All those cuts you heard about does not quite add up, does it? Because ours is an 8.1 percent increase. Now, what is the problem? the problem is that we want to do something differently. I agree with the former chairman that I sat beside who would say to me on occasions, ``Bill, these programs are not working,'' and I would say, ``I know it, Mr. Chairman. Let's change them.'' The chairman would always say, ``We cannot do that because the money might not get to the right place.'' And I would say, ``Well, if it isn't doing any good getting there, what good does it do to get to it the right place?'' But all those years I sat there saying there were different ways to do this. We have to make changes.…”