Political Quotes

“She states, ``By expecting the unexpected, we were able to give both sons an education at a fine university that would certainly otherwise have been difficult for me as a single parent.'' When Daniel died, I silently offered ``thanks that we had the foresight and chance to participate in this program.'' Today, Sean is a senior at the University of Florida, ready to graduate with a degree in business. Patrick maintains a 3.6 average, while working toward a degree in athletic training. Mr. President, it is because of success stories like the Gilliland's that the prepaid college programs are flourishing. Twelve States already have operating programs. Those States are those depicted in green on this map. Four States depicted in yellow will begin tuition programs this year, and a dozen more are moving towards enacting prepaid tuition legislation, those depicted in red. As an example, the Texas prepaid tuition program, which was set up this year, receives 4,000 inquiries a day and enrolled 40,000 participants within the first few weeks of implementing the program. In Florida, 376,000 families are currently participating in the program; 40,000 participants join each year. Why, in the face of this great success, are we considering Federal legislation to affect State prepaid tuition plans? The reason is because early this year the taxation of these plans was called into question by the Internal Revenue Service.…”