Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, the greatest problem facing the Nation, in my estimation and that of many, is the fact that we have close to 100 million people in the United States at the present time who are functioning on either Level I or Level II literacy skills. Level I literacy skill will ensure that they will never receive a piece of the American dream. With Level II, it will be very, very difficult in the 21st century, in the high-tech century, to ever be able to compete. That is a real tragedy. That is a tragedy that in my estimation will destroy this Nation. All nations generally fall from within. There are many reasons why this one could fall from within, but none, in my estimation, more likely to cause that downfall than the fact that we do have close to 100 million people who are having a very difficult time surviving in this 21st century. At the same time, of course, we are being asked to bring in hundreds of thousands of people from other countries in order to fill our $40,000, $50,000, and $60,000 jobs, and all of those we have, of course, cannot rise to any level where they would begin to think about $40,000, $50,000, $60,000 jobs.”