Political Quotes

“to begin with, I, too, would like to thank Chairman Goodling and Chairman McKeon and the gentleman from Michigan, Mr. Kildee, for putting together a bill that has been a very difficult task, but I think most of all for the good. The committee has come together in a bipartisan fashion to address some problems long overdue to be addressed, and to rescind duplication and get local control for the 21st century, something I think most Americans agree with. I have some amendments, I think, that are very appropriate, and I hope we can agree upon them. There are things about the bill that I would like to have changed that we cannot get an agreement upon. Federal school-to-work, I would like that to cease now, because I believe that program, the school-to-work program, should be run at the local level. But under the program that we have today, Federal school-to-work will terminate in 2 years, and given our current situation, that is something that I will have to live with. On balance, the bill is very good. The amendment that I offer today addresses concerns of family groups that I think are very legitimate, and to understand where people are coming from, a lot of folks are concerned that when we do things in Washington and when we do things at the State level, that does limit choices. Any time the government gets involved in an area, to me we need to do so as cautiously as possible, and allow people choices that are good for their community and their family.”