Political Quotes

I have not been able to bring the Older Americans Act to the floor. I have not been able to reauthorize it. My colleagues on that side have just as much responsibility for that not happening as some on my side. My colleagues have to…

I rise in support of H.Res. 552 offered by the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. Wu). It urges the House to support mentoring and enrichment programs that promote and encourage young people to enter mathematics, science, engineering and…

my only regret, as I leave this institution, is that the first 20 years I sat there in the minority trying to make everybody understand that the thing that is driving local school districts up the wall more than anything else is the fact…

When we were negotiating the 100,000 teachers last year, the first thing the administration said is we have to take about 10 percent off the top, I think they wanted 15 percent, to keep on the Federal level. I said, wait a minute, you are…