Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I will just close by reciting the 21 programs that came from our committee: Higher Education Act, Reading Excellence Act, Dollars to the Classroom Act, D.C. Scholarship, Prepaid College Tuition Plans, Job Training Reform, Emergency Student Loans, Quality Head Start, School Nutrition, Charter Schools, Drug Education Initiative, A- plus Savings Accounts, $500 million more for Special Education, Loan Forgiveness for New Teachers, Teacher Testing, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, High-Tech Job Skills/Vocational Education, Bilingual Education Reform, Prohibition on New Federal School Tests, Equitable Child Care Resolution, Juvenile Justice. That is a pretty healthy menu, I believe. My friend from Delaware did not want to take the gentleman from Missouri on. I want to make very clear that the whole idea of pupil/ teacher ratio has nothing to do with the Federal Government whatsoever. That is none of our business and if there are not quality teachers in the classroom, it would not matter whether they are one-on-one. If that is something we want to do, fine. Secondly, I want to make very sure that everybody understands, the Federal Government has nothing to do with maintenance and building of school buildings.”