Political Quotes

“I rise in opposition to the amendment. As the chairman, the gentleman from Michigan pointed out, this has been a carefully crafted piece of legislation stretching over many months of subcommittee hearings, full committee hearings, and markups. It has been extensively debated on the floor of this House; indeed, at this juncture, one might say exhaustively debated. Most of the issues that have been mentioned by the preceding speakers contained in this proposal have been presented and have been, in most part, rejected. This legislation could be improved. We could do better, I think, in targeting chapter 1 funds, but by and large this legislation deserves to be passed, and the substitute deserves to be rejected. There are new programs in this legislation. Those new programs respond to real needs, as the chairman of the subcommittee pointed out, particularly in the area of libraries where we have books that are years and years out of date, and we propose to help school systems correct that great disparity. In sum, this legislation will fortify public education in conjunction with Goals 2000, which is an attempt to help stimulate reform at the local level.”