Political Quotes

“during the morning hour this morning, I asked the question, why all of the political rhetoric in the last week about education? Make no mistake, everyone back home knows it is political rhetoric. So why all of the political rhetoric on education in the last week? There were those who said we need a day's debate on education. The 105th Congress, the real education record, we have had 30 days of debate on the Floor of the House about education, passed 25 major accomplishments in the area of education and job training. So why all the rhetoric? I think there are four reasons probably. First, it is a diversionary tactic. Now, I suppose I can understand that, divert the attention from anything else, but I hate to see children used as part of that diversionary tactic. Secondly, of course, the polls say education is a sexy issue, and so that is the thing we should talk about: education. Now, I hope my colleagues are very careful, because those very same polls say that we, the American people, distrust most of all the Federal Government's involvement in elementary-secondary education.”